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GENERAL ORDERS 



ISSUED BY 



MAJOR-GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM, 



WHEN IN COMMAND OF THE 

HIGHLANDS, 

IN THE SUMMER AND FALL OF 
1777. 



EDITED BY 

WORTHINGTON CHAUNCEY FORD. 



BROOKLYN, N. Y. : 

HISTORICAL PRINTING CLUB. 
I8 93 . 



200 copies printed. 
No.JAL-. 









£?9 



INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 



Early in May, Washington, governed by his anxiety 
for the safety of the Highlands, and harassed by the 
uncertainty of the enemy's movements, wished to place 
a Major-General in command on the Hudson. Arnold 
was first appointed ; but he was too much engaged in 
seeking a "vindication " from a slight passed upon him 
by Congress in some recent promotions. Putnam was 
then selected. On May 24th, Washington wrote to 
the President of Congress : "I have sent General Put- 
nam to command in that quarter;" but the choice was 
determined upon some time before. For McDougall, 
who was in command at Peekskill, was informed of it 
as early as the 16th, and the wish expressed that he 
would find his command "a happy one." General 
Parsons, then superintending the recruiting in Con- 
necticut, was also ordered to Peekskill, to remain there 
until further orders. 

Exactly when Putnam assumed command, I have 
been unable to determine ; but it must have been 
about June 1st, and on that day he issued an order 
constituting a court martial. The interest of the cam- 
paign of 1777 centered on the incursion from Canada 
under Burgoyne, and the Highlands were the pivotal 
point. I sought long before I found a copy of the 
General Orders issued by Putnam during the summer 
and fall of 1777, but was finally rewarded by discover- 

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INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 



ing a mutilated record in the Connecticut Historical 
Society. 

The entries began with that of July 1 9th, and in the 
regiment with which Sergeant Daniel Ware was con- 
nected, and ended when that regiment was ordered to 
join the main Continental army under Washington. 
After I had received a copy of Ware's book, further 
inquiries produced from the cabinet of the New York 
Historical Society a second record, kept by Major 
Richard Piatt, of McDougall's brigade, more full and 
complete than the Connecticut Sergeant's, but still 
lacking some entries. Further interest is given to 
Piatt's books by the fact that half of one volume is in 
McDougall's MS. This record also ceases in the fall, 
when Washington ordered the Brigade to join him in 
the Jerseys. 

The following orders are, therefore, taken from two 
sources, and may be readily distinguished by the erratic 
spelling of Sergeant Ware. The entries to July 19th 
are taken from Piatt; after that date Ware's record is 
taken as the basis, and where a word, name or phrase 
is inserted from Piatt, it is printed in italics. Where 
the orders for a day, or a paragraph, is taken from 
Piatt, it is not printed in italics, the spelling being suf- 
ficient to distinguish its authorship. I have inserted in 

] the full names of the officers, where ascertainable; 
but the absence of any official roster of Massachusetts 
has made it impossible to be as complete as could be 
wished. Where Piatt varies essentially from Ware, I 
have inserted the variation in ( ) and italics. The 
map is a copy, somewhat reduced in size, of one pre- 



INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 



pared by Claude Joseph Sauthier, in t 774, and pub- 
lished by William Faden. 

In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation of 
the permissions granted me by the Historical Societies 
of Connecticut and New York, and of the courteous 
assistance given by the Secretaries, Mr. Frank B. Gay, 
of Hartford, and Mr. William Kelby, of New York. 
For the map I am indebted to Harvard University and 
its able librarian, Mr. Justin Winson. I am also in- 
debted to Mr. Albert C. Bates, of Hartford, for his 
accurate and painstaking transcript of the Ware Or- 
derly Book. 

WORTHINGTON ChAUNCEY FORD. 

Brooklyn, N. Y. } October, 1892. 



ORDERLY BOOK. 



Head Quarters, Peekskill, i June, 1777. 
Parole, Miflin. C. Sign, Knox. 

The Court Martial of which Col? [Edward] Wigglesworth was 
President is dissolved. 

U Col? [Giles] Russel[l] -\ 

Brigade Major Marshall V Field Officers for to-morrow. 

Adjutant [ ] St. John ) 

James Murphey a Private in Cap* Pearcy's* Compy Col? [Henry 
B.] Livingston's Reg 4 , tried at a Gen 1 . Court Martial whereof Col? 
[Edward] Wigglesworth was President, for endeavoring to perswade 
Negroes to inlist in order to join Roger's Rangersf — For getting 
drunk & suspected of going to the Enemy, the Court found him 
guilty and sentence him to receive fifty Lashes on his bare Back. 

William Mitchel J of Col? [Philip Burr] Bradley's Reg* tried at 
the above Court Martial for Desertion, the Court found him guilty & 
sentence him to receive one hundred Lashes upon his bare Back. 

Thomas Doyle || of Col? Sam 1 . [B.] Webb's Regiment tried at the 
above Court Martial for Desertion the Court found him guilty & 
sentence him to receive 39 Lashes on his bare back. 

Micajah Foy of Cap 1 . Goodall's [or Goodale] Company in Col? 
[Rufus] Putnam's Reg 1 , tried at the same Court Martial for threat- 
ning to desert, — the Court sentence him to receive 39 Lashes on his 
bare back. 

* Captain Jonathan Pearsee, of the 3d Company. 

f The Queen's Rangers was a corps raised by Major Robert Rogers, of New 
Hampshire. This corps was famous during the contest, first under the command 
of Rogers, and after he went to England, under the lead of Simcoe. 

I Of Sanford's Company. 

|| Of Middletown. He was in the Company of Captain John Hart. 

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Michael Poor a Private in Cap 1 . Leavenworth's * Compy , Col? 
[William] Douglass's Reg* was tried at the same Court Martial for 
getting drunk, endeavoring to force the guard & speaking treasonable 
language against the States of America, the Court found him guilty 
& sentence him to receive ioo Lashes on his Bare Back. 

John Collins a private in Cap* Willington's Compy in Col? [Ed- 
ward] Wigglesworth's Reg*, tried at the same Court Martial for 
sleeping on his post, the Court find him guilty & sentence him to 
receive 50 Lashes. 

Thomas Lane of Col? [Israel] Angel's Reg* tried at the same 
Court Martial for selling his clothes, that were delivered him from 
the Continental Store, the Court found him guilty & sentence him to 
receive 100 Lashes & also orders that the Paymaster of the Reg*, to 
which he belongs make stoppages of the one half of the Prisoner's 
Pay untill the Clothes he has sold be paid for. 

The Genl approves of the several sentences and orders the Cor- 
poral Punishment to be inflicted to-morrow morning at guard 
mounting. 

After Orders. 

The Officers of the different Guards to make their Reports to the 
Officer of the Day at Relieving Guards on the Grand parade. 



Head Quarters, Peekskill, 2 June, 1777. 
Col? [Edward] Wigglesworth \ 

Brigade Major [David] Smith >- Field Officers for to-morrow. 
Adjutant Tucker J 



Head Quarters, Peekskill, 3 June, 1777. 
Parole, Rariton. C. Sign, Somersett. 

U. Col? [Peter] Regnier -\ 

Brigade Major Lord [• Field Officers of the day. 

Adjutant Wait ) 

A detachment from Comm ( ? r [Isaac] Sherman's Brigade consisting 

* Eli Leavenworth, of New Haven. On 27 May, 1777, he was promoted from 
Captain to Major, but he had not learned this at the date of the order. 



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of i C 2 S 2 S 3 C 45 P to parade to-morrow morning at 6 o'clock 
at Genl McDougalls Q r . s . A Detachment of the like Number to 
parade at the same time & place from Comm4 ts [Van] Cortland t's 
& Livingston's Brigades. The Officers commanding them will apply- 
to Head Quarters this Evening for Orders. Major Cranston's Effects 
to be sold to-morrow at io o'clock a. m., at Barracks No. 2. 



Head Quarters, Peekskill, 4 June, 1777. 
Parole, Wilmington. C. Sign, Virginia. 

L 4 . Col? Stacy \ 

B. Major [Elihu] Marshall > Field Officers for to-morrow. 

Adj*. Learned J 

There being Occasion for a Number of Men to go in whale Boats 
to cruize up & down the River — The Genl orders that such as are 
acquainted with the Business do parade at ffl Q r . s to-morrow 
Morning. 

The Genl having observed that the Soldiers Quartered in Houses 
have abused them in a most scandalous Manner by pulling the 
Boards off, desires the officers will pay particular attention to it & 
let no man go unpunished. 



Head Quarters, [Peekskill,] 5 June, 1777. 
Major [Benjamin] Ledyard ^j 

B. Major [David] Smith > Officers for to-morrow. 

Adjutant Frost J 

There being a large quantity of Flour & Wheat in Col? [Sam- 
uel] Drake's Mill, the Genl directs that there be a Corp 1 ? Guard 
mounted there till further orders and to receive their Orders from 
Col? Drake. 

The Court of Enquiry whereof Col? [Philip Van] Cortlandt was 
President is dissolved. The Effects of Major Cranston to be sold 
to-morrow at 10 o'clock near Barracks No. 2. 



8 ORDERLY BOOK. 

Head Quarters, Peekskill, 6 June, 1777. 
Major [Ebenezer] Grey \ 

B. Major Lord >• Officers of the Day for to-morrow. 

Adjt. Pearl J 

The Gen 1 . Court Martial whereof Brigadier Gen 1 George Clinton 
was president is dissolved. 

A number of Blacksmiths being immediately wanted, such as are 
good workmen will parade to-morrow at H<? Q r . s at 8 o'clock. 



Head Quarters, Peekskill, 7 June, 1777. 
Parole, Nixon. C. Sign, Varnum. 

There being a number of Wheelwrights wanted for the use of the 
army — 

The Gen 1 , desires those who are acquainted with that Branch 
of Business will parade at Head Quarters to-morrow morning at 
Guard Mounting. 

L* Col? [Matthew] Mead ") 

B. Major [Elihu] Marshall >■ Officers for to-morrow. 

Adjutant Holden J 



Head Quarters, Peeksktll, 8 June, 1777. 
Parole, Spencer. C. Sign, Parsons. 

Lt. Col? [Ebenezer] Sproul* -\ 

B. Major [David] Smith >■ Officers for to-morrow. 

Adjutant [Peter] Sacket J 

Henry B. Livingston arrested by order of Brigadier Gen 1 Mc- 
Dougall for traducing the conduct of Brigadier Gen 1 McDougall in 
ordering the Retreat of the Continental Troops on 23"? March last. 

For neglecting to bring down his Regiment in Time on that Day, 
altho' ordered in time, 'till the Enemy was near the Town & then it 
was unprovided with Ammunition. 

For ordering M r . Smith doing the Duty of Major of Brigade for 
his Brigade not to turn parties out of it unless the Orders were 

* Force gives Sprout. 



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directed to him (the Colonel) which is contrary to the usage of the 
army by which he has embarrassed the Service. 

For delaying the Returns of his Reg 1 . & Brigade by orders & 
whims of his own contrary to the known Rules of the Army & 
thereby delaying the Gen 1 . Returns of the Army in this Department. 

For abusive Language to Gen 1 . McDougall at his own Quarters on 
23<? Instant, unbecoming an Officer and a Gentleman in the pres- 
ence of many Officers of the Army. 

Col? Henry B. Livingston being tried by the Gen! Court Martial 
of which B. Gen! George Clinton was President — 

The Court after having duly considered the Proofs and Allegations 
of the parties specifyed in their Report, Returns & other papers 
offered in Evidence & the Written Defence of Col? Livingston there- 
with delivered, are of Opinion, that tho' the Conduct of Brigadier 
Gen! McDougall in ordering the Retreat of the Continental Troops on 
the 23^ March last stands unimpeach'd to this Court, yet no sufficient 
Evidence hath been offered to prove that Col? Livingston hath tra- 
duced Gen! McDougalFs Conduct in that respect, & it appears to 
this Court that tho' Col? Livingston's Reg* was at that time unpro- 
vided with a sufficiency of ammunition, that it did not proceed from 
any criminal Neglect of his own. The Court do therefore adjudge 
& determine that the s4 Col? Livingston is not guilty of the above 
two Charges. The Court is further of Opinion that the s4 Col? Liv- 
ingston is not guilty of ordering his Brigade Major not to turn par- 
ties out of it unless the Orders were directed to him the Col? . But 
as to the Charge against the s<? Col? Livingston of neglecting to bring 
down his Reg 4 , on 23? March last & the delaying the Returns of his 
Reg 1 . & Brigade, by Orders & whims of his own, contrary to the 
known Rules of the Army, & thereby delaying the Gen! Returns of 
the Army in this Department — The Court is [of J Opinion that the 
s4 Col? Livingston is thereof guilty. The Court is further of Opin- 
ion as to the last Charge for abusive Language to Gen! McDougall 
at his own Quarters on 23? Instant unbecoming an Officer and Gen- 
tleman in the presence of many Officers of the Army, that tho' 
Col? Livingston appears to this Court to be guilty of great Impru- 
dence & Indiscretion in some parts of his Language & Conduct 
towards the Gen 1 , with respect to a Return made by the Col? to the 
Gen! yet his Conduct & Language was not such as will warrant the 



io ORDERLY BOOK. 

appellation of being unbecoming a Gentleman & Officer. The Court 
do therefore unanimously adjudge & determine, that considering the 
Nature of the Offence whereof they find Col? Henry B. Livingston 
guilty, and the Consequences thereupon attendant, that Col? Henry 
B. Livingston be reprimanded for his Offences in Gen 1 . Orders for 
this Department and cautioned against the Commission of the like 
in future.* 

The Gen 1 approves the judgment of the Court but nevertheless 
laments there should ever be a necessity of publickly reproving any 
Gentleman, particularly of so respectable Rank as Colonel. The 
consequences of the smallest Delay in the Execution of any order, 
are evidently most dangerous, & the least wilful neglect of this 
Nature too serious to be passed in Silence — equally ruinous and to 
be exploded is an indirect Compliance and every practical Equivo- 
cation. 

In the Formation of an Army, rigorous Subordination cannot be 
too strictly adhered to. Breach of Respect to a Superior is an im- 
plicit Countenance to an Offence of a similar and more aggravated 
Nature with Inferiors & tends directly to the Subversion of Order. 

The Gen 1 takes this opportunity to warn all Ranks against similar 
offences, hopes however this Caution is needless, & flatters himself 
he shall have no future Occasion to think it otherwise. 

Col? Henry B. Livingston is released from his arrest & ordered to 
return to his Duty. 

The Col? s & Comm4 Officers of Corps must see that the Arms of 
their Reg^ & Detachments are immediately Branded, agreeable to a 
former order. 

The Brand may be had at H4 Q T . S & must be carefully returned. 



Head Quarters, Peekskill, 9 June, 1777. 
Parole, Montgomery. C. Sign, Constitution. 

Major [Warham] Parks -\ 

Brigade Major Lord > Officers for to-morrow. 

Adjutant Smith 3 

* The proceedings of this Court are printed in Calendar of New York Histor- 
ical Manuscripts, II., 153. 



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Head Quarters, Peekskill, io June, 1777. 
Parole, Heath. C. Sign, Independence. 

L* Col? [Frederick] Weissenfelts ~\ 

B. Major [Elihu] Marshall > Officers for to-morrow. 

Adjutant St. John 3 



Head Quarters, Peekskill, ii June, 1777 
Parole, Franklin. C. Sign, Conway. 

U Col? [Calvin] Smith ~\ 

B. Major [David] Smith > Officers for to-morrow. 

Adjutant Obrian J 



Head Quarters, Peekskill, 12 June, 1777. 
Parole, Green. C. Sign, Providence. 

Major [Joseph?] Hart ~\ 

B. Major [Richard] Piatt v Officers for to-morrow. 

Adjutant Glenny ) 

The Gen 1 is astonished to see everything that's bro't to Market 
held up at such an unreasonable Rate. He acquaints the Gentle- 
man Officers of the Army that the Gen 1 . Officers have come to an 
agreement not to give more than 2 /p? lb. for Butter, & 1 /p* Dozen 
for Eggs, & recommends it to them to come to the same Determi- 
nation. 

Gen 1 Parson's Brigade & Col? S. B. Webb's Regiment to hold 
themselves in readiness to march at the shortest Notice — except 
those of Col? Webb's Regiment who have not had the small-pox, of 
which there must be a Return made immediately. 

There is a number of men more wanted to go in the whale Boats — 
those of any Regiment (except what are ordered to march) who are 
acquainted with the Water to parade at Head Quarters to-morrow 
morning at nine o'clock. 

The Regiments are to be brigaded in the following manner, 
viz* -- 



i2 ORDERLY BOOK. 

Gen! Nixon's Brigade Gen! Glovers 

Col? [John] Greaton's Col? [Rufus] Putnam's 

[William] Shepherds* Alden's 

[Thomas] Nixon's Bigelows 

[Edward] Wigglesworth's 
Gen! McDougalls Gen! Huntington's 

Col? [Charles] Webb's Col. [Henry B.] Livingston's 

[John?] Paterson's [J onn ] Durkee's 

[Philip Van] Cortlandt's [Heman] Swift's 

Sam! B. Webb's [John] Chandler's 

Gen! Parsons 

~L\ Col. [Samuel] Prentice's 

[Col. Samuel] Wyllys's 
[Philip Burr] Bradley's 
L l . Col? Dimons 

Major [Return J.] Meigs Detachment. 

Gen! Glover's & Huntington's Brigades to be commanded by the 
Senior Officers untill the arrival of the Generals. 

The Commanding Officers of each Brigade will order a Return to 
be made to Head Quarters to-morrow morning. 

The Commanding Officer of Gen! Glover's Brigade to appoint 
some Officer to do the Duty of Brigade Major till further Orders. 



Head Quarters, Peekskill, 13 June, 1777. 
Parole, Boston. C. Sign, Cambridge. 

Col? [Thomas] Nixon ~\ 

Brigade Major [• Officers for to-morrow. 

Adjutant J 

Tho the Tour of Duty is properly brigaged Gen! Nixon' s,f yet it 
has (in council held for that purpose) been thought best for particu- 
lar private Reasons that Brigadier Gen! Parsons should go on Com- 
mand for the present. 

Will™ Bialow Esq. is appointed a Deputy Paymaster-Gen! for this 
Department & is to be obeyed and respected as such. 

* Shepard is also given. 

f Some words probably omitted. 






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Head Quarters, Peekskill, 14 June, 1777. 
Parole, Glover. C. Sign, Clinton. 

L 4 Col. [Isaac] Sherman ~\ 

B. Major [David] Smith [■ Officers for to-morrow. 

Adjutant [Peter] Sacket ) 

The Commanding Officers of Regiments & Corps are immedi- 
ately to make out a Return of the Cloathing & necessaries for their 
respective Corps & deliver it to the Gen 1 . . 



Head Quarters, Peekskill, 15 June, 1777. 
Parole, Huntington. C. Sign, Webb. 

The Gen 1 has thought proper to alter the Arrangement of the 
Brigades in the following manner. Gen 1 . McDougalls & Gen 1 Glo- 
ver's Brigades to do Duty till further orders. 
Gen 1 Nixon's Brigade Gen 1 McDougall's Brigade 

Col? [Thomas] Nixon's Reg 4 . Col? Durkee's Reg 4 . 

[Rufus] Putnam's [Philip Van] Cortlandt's 

Aldens Chandler's 

Gen 1 Glover's Brigade Gen 1 Huntington's Brigade 

Col? Wigglesworth's Reg*. Col. Charles Webb's 

[Wm.] Shepherd's Paterson's 

[Herman] Swift's [Henry B.] Livingston's. 

A Gen 1 Court partial to sit to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock in 
the Church to try such prisoners as shall be bro't before them. 
Col? Cortlandt, President 



L 4 Col. 


[Peter] Regnier 




Lt. 


Waterman 


Major 


Sumner 


g 


Lt. 


Obrian 


Major 


Parks 




Lt 


Holister 


Capt. 


Stoddart 




Lt 


Norton 


Capt. 


Smith 




Lt 


Drew 


Capt. 


Pope 




Lt 


Felt 



M r . Smith who has done the Duty of Brigade Major for Comm? 
Livingston's Brigade, to do it for Gen 1 Huntington's Brigade till 
further orders. 



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Head Quarters, Peekskill, 16 June, 1777. 
Parole, Griffin. C. Sign, Mifflin. 

Major [Benjamin] Ledyard ~\ 

B. Major [David] Smith >■ Officers for to-morrow. 

Adjutant Shipman ) 



Head Quarters, Peekskill, 27 June, 1777.* 
Parole, Huntington. C. Sign, Root. 

L\ Col. [Ebenezer] Sproul ~\ 

B. Major Fosdick >■ Officers for to-morrow. 

Adjutant Buckmaster J 

1 S. 1 C. 20 P additional for Fatigue to parade to-morrow morn- 
ing at 6 o'clock to receive Orders from Capt. Buchanan, who will 
attend for this Purpose on the Parade. If any Officer is going to 
Boston or knows of any Gentleman going there within a Day or two, 
they are desired to let Gen 1 . Putnam know of it immediately. 

As the Troops in this Department are to be mustered the first of 
next Month, Commanding Officers of Companies will immediately 
prepare their Muster Rolls to the last day of this Month agreeable 
to a form they have received. They will add three whole Columns 
(between the Columns of the Soldiers' Inlistment & the Remarks) 
to shew the Time for which they are inlisted, whether for the Warr, 
three years, or 8 months. Many Officers thro' mistake in the proof 
of the Effectives, have blended the Effectives & non Effectives to- 
gether — such will take Notice, that Dead, Deserted & Discharged 
are non Effectives. 

If no Commissioned Officer should be present, the non-Commis- 

* No orders are noted between the 16th and the 27th. General Putnam was 
ordered, June 12th, to send forward Generals Parsons, McDougall, and Glover, 
with all the Continental troops at Peekskill, except one thousand effective men; 
which number, in conjunction with the militia and convalescents at that post, was 
deemed equal to the number of the enemy on the east side of the Hudson. The 
above detachments were ordered to march in three divisions, each to follow one 
day's march behind the other, and each of the first two divisions to be attended 
by two pieces of artillery. Piatt may have marched with one of the Brigades, 
and so lost ten days. 



ORDERLY BOOK. 15 



sioned of the Company will make out the Rolls (five in Number) 
as Exact as possible, and sign them, only it is expected that the 
Rolls be accurately made out, as none but such can be received. 
Such Officers as have not been furnished with a form of a Muster 
Roll, will immediately call upon the Deputy Muster Master at Col? 
Sam 1 . Drakes for the same. 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 28 June, 1777. 
Parole, Nixon. C. Sign, Sudbury. 

Major [Warham] Parks \ 

B. Major Herwood >■ Officers for to-morrow. 

Adjutant Con vers J 

Lost the 25th Instant between the Widdow Warren's & Colo 
[Heman] Swift's Encampment, 32 yards Cotton Linnen 3^ do 
coarse Linnen & ^ y<? blue Velvet, a purple stamp'd pattern for a 
Vest & 3 Skains thread all wrapt in a Bundle, whoever will bring the 
same to Cap* Sam 1 Pell of Col? Cortlandt's Reg 4 . , or to Cap* Jacob 
Thomas at the Widdow Warren's shall receive 3 Dollars Reward. 

The Artillery are immediately to encamp on the Hill back of the 
Church. 

The Chaplains are ordered to attend the Prisoner under Sentence 
of Death. 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 29 June, 1777. 
Parole, Massachusetts. C. Sign, Connecticut. 

Col? Shepherd 

B. Major [David] Smith \ Officers for to-morrow. 

Adjutant [Peter] Sacket 



Brigade Orders, 29 June, 1777. 
The Command? Officers of Regt? & Companies are hereby in- 
formed that his Excellency Gen 1 Washington has ordered that a 
wagon and four horses be allowed to every hundred men, Officers 
included. They will therefore regulate the Baggage accordingly, 



16 ORDERLY BOOK. 

while they have Leisure, as the Biig r . will not expose himself to the 
Gen 1 . 5 Displeasure, by his Brigade moving with more Carriages than 
they are allowed ; nor risque the necessary Baggage of the Brigade 
to be lost. The Tents of every Reg 1 , will be marked with the Name 
of the Col? to prevent their being lost, or disputes about them. 
Such of them as are torn or rotten to be now returned into the 
Q? M{ Gen ls Store. Whenever the Brigade is ordered to strike Tents 
or Decamp, the Tents will be compactly made up without any Poles 
or any kind of Baggage within them ; and tied with a String in order 
that they be not chaffed. The Poles also tied & put into a Waggon 
under the Tents. Every Mess will immediately provide themselves 
with bark strings sufficient for those purposes. No Kind of Bag- 
gage or Lumber shall be put above the Tents, but Beds or Mattras- 
ses. The Arms of the Brigade will be clean'd & inspected agreeable 
to the printed Orders of the i7* h May & messed conformable to it. 
The Waggon Master will attend at Orderly Hours with the Adju- 
tants. — No Officer or Soldier shall abuse any of the Drivers of the 
Brigade, if they neglect their Duty tney must be taken prisoners, if 
the sendee will admit or a Complaint entered to the Waggon Master. 
On the other Hand the Drivers must attend punctually on their 
Duty, the great pay they have, as well as the Common Duty they 
owe their Country, loudly calls on them for a faithfull Discharge of 
it. If the motives do not excite them, they will be severely pun- 
ished. The Drums & Fifes of the Brigade will practice every morn- 
ing & afternoon, with the best Drum & fife Majors of the Brigade. 
A Return will immediately be made of the Drums & Fifes wanting 
in each Reg* . The Surgeons of the Brigade will supply themselves 
with the necessary Medicines, Dressing & Instruments for their re- 
spective Corps ; and make daily Returns of their sick to the BrigT 
& Surgeon Gen 1 , of the Army in this Department. The Brigadier 
wishes to see long Orders rendered unnecessary, by every Officer in 
the Brigade doing their Duty & promoting Harmony & Love in it, 
which are Considerations of vast moment ; in order to our promot- 
ing the Service & Interest of our bleeding & distressed Country. 
Those who are to mingle their Blood with each other in Defence of 
her Common Liberty against one Common Enemy ; should studi- 
ously guard against everything that has the least Tendency to create 
any uneasiness in the Brigade. Whoever shall thro imprudence or 



ORDERLY BOOK. 17 



otherwise distract that Harmony, so necessary for the Comfort of 
the Brigade, will be treated as he deserves. 

These Orders are not issued from any Apprehension, that there is 
a Want of Harmony in y? Brigade ; but to preserve it. The Com- 
manding Officers of Regts. will make a Return as soon as possible 
of the Cloathing due to their Men from the Public & accompany such 
Return with the Names of the Men, the Company & Reg 1 , they be- 
long to, what they have received & what they want opposite to their 
Names. 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 30 June, 1777. 
Parole, Sullivan. C. Sign, Greene. 

Lt. Col? [Frederick] Weissenfelts ~\ 

Brigade Major [Richard] Piatt > Officers of the day for to-morrow* 
Adjutant [Elihu] Marvin J 

All the Troops at this Post are to parade to-morrow morning at 
nine o'clock on the bald Hill neat & clean to attend the Execution 
of John Murray. 

Gen 1 . Nixon's Brigade to be mustered at Peekskill to-morrow 
morning at 8 o'clock. 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, i July, 1777. 
Parole, Westfield. C. Sign, Sterling. 

Lt. Col? [Josiah] Starr \ 

B. Major [Thomas] Fosdick >■ Officers of the day for to-morrow. 

Adjutant Marshall ) 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 2 July, 1777. 
Parole, White Plains. C. Sign, Hammon. 

U Col? [Giles] Russell -\ 

B. Major [David] Smith >- Officers of the day for to-morrow. 

Adjutant [Nehemiah] Rice J 



18 ORDERLY BOOK. 

The Gen 1 Court Martial whereof Col? Nixon was presd*. is dis- 
solved. 

The Prisoners who have received their Punishment are to be im- 
mediately releas'd & sent to their respective Corps. 

The Genl desires Officers will be more careful in future what 
Prisoners they send to the Provost Guard, as he finds many are con- 
fined there for trifling Crimes, properly cognizable by Regimental 
Courts. 

A Gen 1 . Court Martial to sit to-morrow at the Church at 9 o'clock, 
Col? Wyllys to preside. Majors [Joseph] Hait and [Benjamin] 
Ledyard, 6 Captains & 4 Subalterns. 

Col? [John] Lamb's Battalion of Artillery to be mustered to-mor- 
row afternoon at 4 o'clock. Gen 1 . Huntington's Brigade the morn- 
ing following at 9 o'clock. 

Weekly Returns in future to be delivered at Head Quarters on 
Friday Mornings at Orderly Time. 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 3 July, 1777. 
Parole, Hannibal. C. Sign, Carthage. 

Major Porter ~\ 

Brigade Major [Richard] Piatt [■ Officers of the day for to-morrow. 

Adjutant Pearl ) 

Brigade Orders, 3 July, 1777. 

As the Main Body of the Enemy's Army may be expected up with 
the First Wind, the Rolls will be called five Times a Day, immedi- 
ately after Revellie Beating at 8 in the Morning, at Noon, at 3 in the 
Afternoon and at retreat Beating. None to leave the Camp without 
Leave or go without the Sound of the Drum on pain of being pun- 
ished for a Breach of Orders. Every moment of Time to be im- 
proved in manoeuvring the Troops. 

Such Troops who have lately joined & have not Ammunition, to 
be immediately furnished with as many Rounds as their Cartouch 
Boxes will hold. The Ammunition of the Brigades to be examined 
at 1 1 o'clock this forenoon, when it will be too hot to exercise. 



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The Surgeons to provide Bandages & Dressings. 

If there is a Deficiency of Arms, the Arms will be put in the 
Hands of the best Men. 

The Brigade to be unincumbered with all Baggage, but such as is 
absolutely necessary. 

The Intrenching Tools to be got to the Camp & delivered into the 
Care of an Ensign of a Reg 4 , the fullest Officer'd. 

The Q{ Masters to examine into the State of their Axes & make 
a Return thereof to the Brigadier this evening, with names of those 
who have lost any. 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 4 Jul\, 1777. 

Parole, Columbia. C. Sign, Franklin, 

Col? [Edward] Wigglesworth ~\ 

B. Major [Thomas] Fosdick >■ Officers of the Day for to-morrow. 

Adjutant Smith ) 

Major Porter with a Hundred Men of Col? Wigglesworth's Reg* 

properly Officered to march to Fort Constitution to-morrow after 
mustering. 

Gen 1 . Glover's Brigade to be mustered to-morrow morning at 8 
o'clock. 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 5 July, 1777. 
Parole, Varnum. C. Sign, Lamb. 

Gen 1 . McDougall's Brigade to be mustered on Monday Morning 
at 8 o'clock. 

None except Commissioned Officers are permitted to take Orders 
at Head Quarters. 



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20 ORDERLY BOOK. 

Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 6 July, 1777. 

Parole, Jersey. C. Sign, Peeks Kill. 

Lt. Colo. [Ebenezer] Sprout ~\ 

B. Major [Richard] Piatt >■ Officers of the day for to-morrow. 

Adjutant [Thomas] Convers J 

The Officers of Gen 1 . Parson's Brigade into whose Hands the 
Boats were delivered, must immediately return them to their respec- 
tive Station at the Landing. 

Benjamin Drake, Serg* in Cap* [Nathan] Strong's Company in 
Col? Livingston's Reg* tried at a late Gen 1 Court Martial whereof 
Col? Wyllys was President, for Desertion. 

The Court adjudge & order the Prisoners reduced to the Ranks & 
to receive Fifty Lashes on his bare back.* 

Adam McNeil t of Cap* [Samuel] Sacket's CompY in Col? Liv- 
ingston's Reg* tried at the above Court Martial for not joining the 
Regiment & inlisting twice. 

The Court considering the Circumstances of the Prisoner, sen- 
tence him to receive fifty Lashes upon the naked [back]. 

Elihu Brown of Cap* Goodale's Compy , Col? [Rufus] Putnam's 
Reg* tried at the same Court, for Desertion & forging a Pass in the 
Name of Major Newell. 

The Court adjudge the Prisoner guilty of forging a pass, which 
together with the Crime of Desertion, the Court sentence him to 
receive one Hundred Lashes upon his bare back. 

John Obrian private | in Col? Cortlandt's Reg* tried at the same 
Court, for stealing Liquor & getting drunk, sleeping on his Post, & 
absenting himself from his Guard. The Court is of opinion that 
there has been no sufficient Proof of the Prisoner's stealing liquor ; 
but for the other Charges against him, sentence him to receive fifty 
Lashes on his bare back. 

The Gen 1 approves the several Sentences and orders them to be 
put in Execution to-morrow Morning at the usual Time & Place, ex- 

* There was a Benoni Drake in Captain Strong's Company, who deserted in 
November, 1777. 

f In Volume of Rolls this is given McKeal. 

X In the Company of Captain Charles Graham. 



ORDERLY BOOK. 21 



cept that, respecting Serg* Drake. He is pleased to forgive the 
Lashes, considering his long Confinement ; but orders him to join 
his Company as a private & be studious to avoid any future Misde- 
meanors, as he may rely on being treated with severe justice. 

A Board of Gen! Officers to sit to-morrow morning at 8 o'clock 
at the Widdow Warren's, to examine the Pretensions & settle the 
Rank of the Field Officers from the State of Connecticut. 

Considering the present Urgency, the Gen! directs that the Arti- 
ficers continue the necessary Business of the Army, even on Sundays 
unless particularly instructed to the Contrary. 

The Gen! is resolved to prevent the small Pox from spreading 
among the Troops or Militia who are arriving. For this Purpose all 
Officers & Soldiers who appear to be infected shall be immediately 
removed to the small pox Hospital, & nowhere else. He expects 
the Officers will exert themselves for the exact Observance of this 
Order & he assures them that every infected Person who presumes 
to go more than a Hundred Yards from the small Pox Hospital 
without a Certificate from the Surgeon, that he is sufficiently cleans'd, 
shall be treated [as] a Common Enemy, be the Consequences ever 
so fatal. 

Brigade Orders, 6 July, 1777. 

It will give the Brigadier great pleasure to find the men wash 
themselves early in the morning & late in the afternoon ; but such 
as shall be found in the Mill pond or Creek from 8 o'clock in the 
Morning till six in the Evening strip' d will be punished as violators 
of Orders. The Adjutants will be answerable, that this Order be 
read to every Compy in their respective Regiments. 

A Captain will be appointed every Day to inspect into the State 
of the Camp & report it to the Brigadier. He will call on him for 
particular Orders every Day at 8 o'clock in the Morning. No Offi- 
cer shall presume to give furloughs to any Officer or Soldier of the 
Brigade, without leave in writing from the Brigadier. 



22 ORDERLY BOOK. 

Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 7 July, 1777. 

Parole, Courtland. C. Sign, Bergen. 

Col? [William] Shepherd -\ 

B. Major [Thomas] Fosdick > Officers of the day for to-morrow. 

Adjutant [Elihu] Marvin J 

The Colonels & Commanding Officers of Corps to make a Return 
to Head Quarters immediately of the Surgeons & Mates of their re- 
spective Corps, whether they are in Camp or absent, and if absent, 
on what Duty. 

The Regimental Surgeons, or in their absence the States are to 
make daily Returns to Doctor Burnet the Surgeon General of what 
Number of sick they have under their Care & their Disorder. 



Head Quarters, 8 July, 1777. 
Parole, Root. C. Sign, Branch. 

By Accounts from New York the Enemy are making preparation 
lor a movement, it is expected that they will come up this way. The 
Gen! therefore requests that the Commanding Officers of Regiments 
will see that their Arms are in good Order ; and that they are prop- 
erly Equiped otherways, so as to be able to turn out on the Shortest 
Notice. 

There is plenty of Ammunition if any is wanted ; immediate Ap- 
plication should be made : that there may be no excuse in case of 
an Alarm. 

The Guards in future are to come on the parade precisely at 6 
o'clock in the morning, or the Brigade Major to suffer the Conse- 
quence in Case of any Neglect. 

Head Quarters, Middletown, i July, 1777. 
His Excellency Genl Washington has been pleased to appoint Thomas Fos- 
dick, Esq., Brigade Major (to the Brigade commanded by Brigadier-General 
Glover) and he is to be respected and obeyed as such. 



ORDERLY BOOK. 23 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 7 July, 1777. 
Parole, Lookout. C. Sign, Sharp. 

Lt. Col? [Josiah] Starr ~\ 

B. Major [Richard] Piatt [• Officers for to-morrow. 

Adjutant [Thomas] Converse ) 

If any Reg* in Camp has a Barber to spare, the Commanding 
Officer is desired to send him to Head Quarters. 

Tried at a Gen! Court Martial of which Col? [Samuel] Wyllys 
was President. 

Wm. Ross of Cap 1 . [James] Eldridge's Corny late Col? [Jedidiah] 
Huntington's Regiment, for attempting to desert to the Enemy. 
The Court sentence the Prisoner to receive one Hundred Lashes 
upon the naked back. 

John Wilds of Cap 1 . [Martin] Kirtland's Company, late Col? [Wil- 
liam] Douglass's Reg* , for desertion the second time. The Court 
having no proof before it of the First Desertion ; but for the Crime 
against the Prisoner of Desertion the second time, sentence s4 Pris- 
oner to receive one Hundred Lashes on his bare back. 

John Thompson of Cap* [John] Mills Corny , Col? Charles Webb's 
Regiment, tryed for deserting from & inlisting into three Different 
Reg*. s and taking Continental Bounty. 

The Court considering the Circumstances of the Prisoner being 
an old and worthless person, sentence him to receive one hundred 
lashes and then to be drum'd out of Camp with a Halter about his 
Neck as a Rogue and Rascall. 

The Gen! approves the above sentences and orders them to be 
executed to-morrow Morning at Guard Mounting, at which time all 
the Drums & fifes in Camp will attend the Grand parade, and if he 
is ever seen in Camp to be treated as a Common Enemy to the 
United States. 

The Cattle and Sheep that were taken by Col? Courtland at Ber- 
gen to be sold at publick Vendue to-morrow at ten o'clock on the 
Grand Parade. If any Gentlemen chose to take them at the Ap- 
prisal they must appear. 

A Serg* s Guard to mount at Barracks No. 3. No men except 
such as have had the small pox to mount the above. The Serg* to 
take Directions from the Surgeon General or his Assistants. 



24 . ORDERL Y BO OK. 

The Gen! C. Martial of which Col? [Samuel] Wyllys was president 
is dissolved. 

Major [Warham] Park[s], Capts Tuckerman & Pope to inspect 
the Provisions at Commissarys Store and report to the Gen 1 , imme- 
diately such as is not fit for use in Order that it may not be con- 
demned. 

After Orders. 

Jesse Root, Esq., is appointed Deputy A. Gen! for this Depart- 
ment and is to be obeyed and respected accordingly. 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, io July, 1777. 
Parole, Leonard. C. Sign, Webb. 

U Col? [Giles] Russel -\ 

B. Major [Thomas] Fosdick S- Officers of the day for to-morrow. 

Adjutant Smith ) 

The Gen! orders the Disposition of the several Brigades to be as 
follows, viz 1 . : — 

Brigadier Gen! McDougall's Brigade to be on the Right near the 
old Orchard. 

B: Gen! Parsons on the Left between H<? Quarters and Col? 
Sam! Drake's. 

B. Gen! Varnum's on the right of the Center next to Gen! Mc- 
DougalPs. 

B. Gen! Glover's on the left of the Center next to Gen! Parsons. 

B. Gen! Huntington's in the center upon the Fish Kill road lead- 
ing from Peeks Kill. 

Two Cannon to be fixed at the forts Independance, Montgomery 
& Constitution. 

The above Sentence should a come in after the next below. 

The Signal to be given on the appearance of the Enemy is firing 
of two Cannon from Gen! Varnum one Minute from each other, two 
ditto at the park by Gen! Huntington two D? by Gen! Parsons in 
like Manner. 

The Brigades to be as follows, viz 4 . : — 
Col? [John] Durkee's 

Col? [Philip Van] Cortland's [ Gen! McDougall's. 

Col? [John] Chandler's 



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Col? Charles Webb's 
Col? [Samuel] Prentice's 
Col? [Samuel] Wyllys's 
[David] Dimond's 
Col? S. Green's 
Col? S[amuel B.] Webb's 
Col? [Henry] Sherburne's 
Col? [Israel] Angel's 
Col? [Joseph] Vose's -\ 

Col? [Edward] Wigglesworth's I Gen 1 . Glover's 
Col? [William] Shepherd's ) 

Col? [Philip Burr] Bradley's -\ 

Col? [Heman] Swift's I Gen 1 . Huntington's 

Col? [Henry B.] Livingston's ) 



Gen 1 . Parsons' 



Gen 1 . Varnum's 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, ii July, 1777. 
Parole, England. C. Sign, America. 

Col? [Edward] Wigglesworth "\ 

B. Major McDougall > Officers of the day for to-morrow. 

Adjutant Pearl. J 

The Gen 1 considering the Busy Season of the Year & how import- 
ant it is to the public as well as to themselves that the Militia be at 
home in their Business at this Time, & not being now wanted, altho' 
he cannot say how soon they may be — The three Reg*/ 5 of Militia viz 1 . 
Col? s [Cornelius] Humphrey's, [Henry] Luddington's, & [Derek] 
BrinkerhorT's, who first came in are dismissed with the Gen ls thanks 
for their Alertness in coming to the Defence of their Country when 
desired & for their good Services relying upon it that the Zeal & 
Ardor they have shewn in the great Cause we are engaged in, will 
prompt them to turn out without (sic) the utmost Alacrity on all 
future Occasions. 

Col? [Samuel] Wyllys's & [William] Douglass's Reg 1 . 5 are to meet 
to attend prayers at five o'clock to-morrow Morning. Divine Service 
will be perform'd here by the Reverend Doctor [Abiel] Leonard 
next Lord's Day. 

Fifty men to parade to-morrow morning at five o'clock without 



26 ORDERLY BOOK. 

arms with the party ordered to Fort Montgomery to go on Fatigue 
with two Subalterns. 

The Muster Master acquaints such Officers as have not delivered 
in their Muster Rolls properly attested that he will be under the 
Necessity of making out his Regimental Abstracts without inserting 
them unless they are immediately sent in. 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 12 July, 1777. 
Parole, Windsor. C. Sign, Park. 

M 1 . George Havens is appointed Conductor of Ordnance Stores at 
Fort Montgomery & the other Posts in the Highlands, in the Room 
of the Conductor* who is appointed an Officer in Col? [William] 
Malcom's Reg* . 

The Gen 1 , is sorry that no more attention is paid to the Preserva- 
tion of the Forage — orders that no Officer or Soldier in future will 
take any Forage or Feed by turning in Horses, belonging to private 
property, without first applying to the Q? M* or Forage Master to 
have the same assigned him & such Q? Master &c. after finding where 
it may be had is to report the same to the Gen 1 for his liberty, be- 
fore any such forage or feed may be taken or horses turned in. 
L l . Col? [David] Dimon ~\ 

B. Major [David] Humphreys > Officers of the day for to-morrow. 
Adjutant Selden .) 



Head Quarters, 13 July, 1777. 
Parole, Boston. C. Sign, Cambridge. 

Roger Alden, Esq? , is appointed to act as B. Major to Brig? Gen 1 
Huntington's Brigade till further orders & is to be respected & obeyed 
accordingly. 

* Probably Daniel Neven (or Nivins), commissioned a Captain in Malcom's 
Regiment, 2 July, 1777. 



ORDERLY BOOK. 27 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 14 July, 1777. 

Lt. Col? [Matthew] Mead -\ 

B. Major [Roger] Alden I Officers of the day for to-morrow. 

Adjutant Barker ) 

As Health & a respectable Appearance among Officers & Soldiers 
gives Strength & Dignity to an Army — and as their keeping them- 
selves clean & neat, using proper diet well dress'd & not lying on 
the cold ground, & in the damp night air needlessly will contribute 
much to the Preservation of their Health & the Dignity of their Ap- 
pearance. The Gen 1 , expects that the Troops keep themselves clean 
& neat, their Hair cut decently short & comb'd & avoid using un- 
wholesome Food or that is partially cook'd, when they have oppor- 
tunity to cook it thoroughly. Also that they take Care not to lye 
upon the cold ground or in the damp night air when the Situation of 
the Army doth not make it necessary. And if any of the Officers 
should be so inattentive to the Preservation of their Health & Rep- 
utation as to neglect to observing these Regulations — the Gen 1 re- 
quests the Officers to exert their Influence by Authority & by Ex- 
ample to compel & induce the Soldiers to a Compliance therewith 
& to inspire them with every Military Virtue. 

A Brigadier General of the Day will be appointed to whom Re- 
turns are to be made & by whom Complaints are to be heard & Ex- 
aminations taken, who is to direct in Regulating the Affairs of the 
Camp & to Command in the absence of the Gen 1 . 

The Commanding Officers of Companies at the daily Roll Calling 
to examine the Arms & Ammunition of the men in their, respective 
Companies, see that they are well equipt & that they do not waste 
their Ammunition, note & report the Deficiencies that in case of an 
attack from the Enemy, we may be ready to meet them. 

A Gen 1 Court Martial to sit to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock at 
the Widdow Warren's to try such prisoners as shall be bro't before 
them. Col? [William] Shepherd to preside. Majors [Ebenezer] 
Grey & [Thomas] Grosvenor, 

1 C. 1 S. from Gen 1 McDougall's Brigade -s 

2 1 from Gen 1 Parson's do I 

2 from Gen 1 Huntington's do | Members 

1 2 from Gen 1 Varnum's do J 



28 ORDERLY BOOK. 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 15 July, 1777. 

BrigT Gen 1 McDougall a 

Lt. Col? [Isaac] Sherman I 

Major [Thomas] Fosdick f 0fficers of ths ^Y- 

Adj 1 . Learned J 

As nothing renders an Army so formidable to the Enemy, so re- 
spectable & usefull to its friends & so internally secure in itself as 
being expert in War — at this Time when we expect daily to be in- 
gaged and the ordinary Camp Duty but small, the Gen 1 , expects the 
Troops that are of [f ] Duty will be employed in Military Exercises, 
& directs that every Company shall be exercised from Revellie Beat- 
ing to six o'clock in the Morning the Time of Relieving Guards, & 
from 8 o'clock to ten in the Forenoon & from 4 o'clock in the after- 
noon till seven & that each Reg* shall have two field Days in a Week 
for Regimental Exercises^ those of B. Gen 1 McDougall's on Monday's 
& Thursday's, those of B. Gen ls Parsons', Varnum's, Glover's, & 
Huntington's on Tuesday's & Friday's. 

The Season of the year being hot & unhealthy & the Time draws 
nigh, in which we may expect the Enemy will begin their Capital 
Operations when our whole strength may be wanted, the Gen 1 strictly 
prohibits all persons from taking or communicating the small pox by 
Inoculation or in any other voluntary Manner under the severest 
penalties. 

The Gen 1 orders that the Q? M r . provide & deliver to the Troops 
slings for their Canteens, Bayonet Belts. 

At a Gen 1 Court Martial held at Phillipsburgh on Sunday, July 
i3 t . h , 1777, by order of Philip Van Cortlandt. 

L l . Col? [Frederick] Weissenfels, President. 

Thomas Powall private in Capt. [Charles] Graham's C? Col? Cort- 
landt's Reg 1 , was tried for Deserting to the Enemy returning & de- 
serting again & persuading other Soldiers to desert with him, found 
guilty & sentenced to be shot to Death. The Gen 1 approves the 
Sentence, & orders it to be executed on Monday next the 2 1! 1 of this 
Instant between the Hours of ten & Eleven in the Morning. 

B. Gen 1 Parson's Brigade hath Liberty to discharge their Pieces at 
Retreat Beating this Evening under the Directions of their Officers.. 

The Bridge Guard to be augmented to 30 privates. 



ORDERL Y BOOK. 29 



Lost on the Road from White Plains the day before yesterday, a 
large leather pocket Book, Sam 1 . Brown wrote on it, two 30 Doll 1 : 
Bills, three i/N York Bills, one 6<? Do a number of papers — if the 
Pocket Book should be found, it is ordered to be bro't to Head 
Quarters. 

Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 16 July, 1777. 

Brigad* Gen 1 . Parsons ^ 

Col? S. B. Webb I 

Brigade Major [David] Humphreys | 0fficers of the Da ^ 

Adjutant Hopkins. J 

The Gen 1 having been informed of Damage being done to private 
property by the Soldiers destroying the Fences, &c. strictly forbid 
the Troops taking away or burning any Fence or rails to the Detri- 
ment of any particular Inclosure & expects that the Officers will take 
special care that this order is observed. 

Taken from Thomas Smith, Esq? , a pint silver porringer yester- 
day, the Handle had carv'd work upon it with a Hole in the End of 
it on the Back of the Porringer were the Letters T. C. T. Any per- 
sons finding s<? porringer are to Convey it to Col? Livingston or to 
H<* Q r . s & shall receive an Honorable Reward. 

Col? [Philip Burr] Bradley's Reg* has Liberty to discharge their 
pieces this Evening at Retreat Beating under the Direction of their 
Officers. 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 17 July, 1777. 
Gen 1 Varnum, n 

U Col? Olney 

B. Major [Richard] Piatt f 0fficers of the Da > r to-morrow. 

Adj 1 . [John] Holden [Jr.] J 

The Gen 1 orders a Picquet Guard at the Church near King's Ferry 
to consist of 1 M. 2 C. 4 S. 8 S. 8 C. 2 DF. 120 P. to mount this 
Evening & to be relieved to-morrow Morning. That the Detail for 
Guards & Fatigue be taken from all the Brigades indifferently — that 
special Care be taken to receive & communicate Gen 1 . Orders to the 
Troops by the Officers, for the Plea of Ignorance is inadmissible to 
excuse. 



30 ORDERL Y BO OK. 



The Picquet above ordered is to keep Patrols consisting of twelve 
men each, continually out patroling down the River & towards Cro- 
ton to make Discoveries, & to take any Scouts from the Enemy & to 
Kill all tory Villains found in arms against their Country or plunder- 
ing or carrying any Cattle or Goods to the Enemy & such patroles 
are strictly forbid to plunder or injure the Inhabitants being quietly 
in their Business on any Pretence whatever as they must answer it at 
their Peril. 

The Gen 1 , orders that the Troops have special Regard to the Pre- 
servation of their Health, now the season is approaching in which it 
is usually sickly in Camp owing partly to the Season ; but more to 
their own Imprudence. 

That the Troops avoid eating unripe Fruit, going into swimming, 
drinking too freely of cold water when they are hot & their blood 
inflam'd. 

At a Gen 1 . Court Martial holden by Order of the Genl i6* h July, 
1777, Col? [William] Shepherd, President. 

David Hass of Cap* Ball's C? in Col? Shepherd's Reg 1 , was tried 
for Desertion & acquitted. 

William Gordon of Cap* [Samuel] Sacket's Compy in Col? [Henry 
B.] Livingston's Reg* was tried for Desertion & inlisting into another 
Reg* found guilty & sentenced to receive 100 Lashes upon his Naked 
back. 

John Whiting, alius Jo Wright in Capt. Blusdale's Company, 
Col? TEdward] Wigglesworth's Reg* was tried for inlisting twice, 
viz* in Col? Durkee's Reg 1 , after he had inlisted in Col? Wigglesworth's 
found guilty & sentenced to receive 100 Lashes on his naked back. 

Nathaniel Please of Capt. Ball's Compy in Col? [William] Shep- 
herd's Reg* was tried for Desertion, found guilty & sentenced to re- 
ceive 100 Lashes on his naked back. 

The Genl approves the sentence of the Court Martial respecting 
the several Prisoners afore said & orders the same to be executed 
to-morrow morning at Guard Mounting. 

A Party for fatigue to consist of 1 C. 3 S. 4 S. 4 C. 50 P. to parade 
to-morrow morning at Guard Mounting with three Day's provisions. 

Major Hait Field Officer of the Picquet to-night & Major Sill 
Field Officer for to-morrow. 



y 

ORDERLY BOOK. 31 

Brigade Orders, 18 July, 1777. 
The Brigade will practise the Manual & Manoeuvres ordered by 
the King of Great Britain in 1764, for his Army till it shall be other- 
wise ordered by the Commander in Chief. Such Officers as have 
not practised in Exercise & Manoeuvres will be industrious in per- 
fecting themselves : as the Brigadier intends calling on every Com- 
missioned Officer of the Brigade to exercise & manoeuvre the re- 
spective Reg* 5 to which they belong. Those Officers who are prac- 
tised in those particulars will drill the awkward Serg* s to qualify them 
to drill the Rank & File. The Sergeants, Rank & File of every Reg- 
iment will provide themselves with a hard stick of the size & form of 
a Cartridge & keep them in their pouches to go thro' the firing 
motions. 



Edmund Palmer that Noted Tory a Robber Was taken Prisoner 
& Confined in y? Provost Guard for Robing the Inhabitence & Lev- 
ing war Against his Country : is to have his Tryal Next Tuesday at 
9 o'clock in the Morning by A General Court Marshel all Parsons 
that Can give Evidence Against s<? Palmer are Requested & Required 
to Attend the Trial.* 



Head Quarters July y e . 19* 1777. 
Brigadier General [Jedidiah] Huntington ~\ 
Colo [John] Chandler t [■ Officers of the Day. 

Adj* [Henry] Ten Eyck ) 

The general orders all Sutlers and the Sellers of Stores in Camp 
Except y^ Comisarys of Particular Brigades {States) Who are Ap- 
pointed to Deal out the State Stores to their own Troop at Perticulir 
{certain) Prices {immediately) to make a Return to him of their 
Names of v? Quantity & Quality of th [e] Goods the Prices they Sell 
at and By what authority] they {suttle) Settle in Camp. Cap* [Eb- 
enezer] Flagg is appointed to Act as Brigade Magor to Brigadier 

* This paragraph, the first of the entries in Sergeant Ware's book, is not found 
in Piatt's. 

f Of the Eighth Regiment, Connecticut Line. 



32 ORDERLY BOOK. 

General Varnams Brigade till further orders and is to be respected 
and obayd as Such A bourd of General officers to set on Munday 
Next at 9 o'clock in the morning at y? house of the Widow Warrens 
to Enquire into the {Pretensions and) Perticular Clames of Several 
Candidates of the Late Vacant officers of the Late Col [William] 
Douglas* Who is Deceased & of the Reg 1 . Lately Commanded by 
Colo [Jedidiah] Huntington Who is Promoted and Report to (the 
Honorable) Magor General Putnam with their appinian of the Prem- 
esis in order to Be Transmited to gena[l] Washington y e s d Board 
to Consist of Generals Mc : Dougle Varnam ( Glover) & Huntington 

a Court of inquirey to Set Next Munday at 9 ocl[ock] in y e morn- 
ing to Inquire into the Several Cri[mes] of the Prisoners in the 
Provost Guard the nature & Evidence theirof & make Report of 
that they Shall Find with there oppinian Respecting them 

the Court of Inquirey Colo [Heman] Swift, Capt Hide [Jedidiah 
Hyde] Capt Mattuck [Samuel Mattocks] Cap* [John] Harmon 

A full C[apt* ] Company 

i Cap 4 . 4 Sargt. 4 Corp? 

2 Lieutenants 2 Drum & Fife & [ ] 

1 Ensign Privates f 

are ordered to be Detachd from Colo. [Philip Burr] Bradleys Regi- 
ment to goe to Fort Independance & Releave the Melitia at t[hat] 
Post tomorrow 

Brigadier General Huntington 
Colonel [John] Chandler I officers of ^ day to . morrow . 

Brigade Major [Ebenezer] Flagg 
Adjutant [Henry] Teneik 



Heal» Quarters, Peeks Kill, 20 July, 1777. 
Lost yesterday a P? of Sadie Baggs near H<? Q? with Men's Clothes 
& Linnen in them, any Person that shall find s4 Baggage with the 
Cloathing & deliver them at H<* Q r . s shall be well rewarded. 

*" Claims of the several candidates for the office of Colonel in the Re%{ late 
Douglass's."— Piatt. Douglass died of hard service, 28 May, 1777. 
f In Piatt's record, the figures differ from these. 



ORDERLY BOOK. 33 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 21 July, 1777. 
Brigadier General Varnum 
Lt. Col. [Giles] Russell 

Brigade Major 

Adjutant 

The Picquet at the Church is reduced to 1 C, 2 S, 4 S, 4 C, 2 D. 

F., S oP. 

Lt. Col? [Jeremiah] 01ney& Major [Samuel] Ward are appointed 
Members of the Court Martial of which Col? Shepherd is Pres* — 
one Cap* & one Subaltern from Gen 1 . McDougall's Brigade, one 
Cap 1 . & 2 Subalterns from Gen 1 . Glover's Brigade to supply the va- 
cancies occasioned by the Marching of Gen 1 Parson's & Hunting- 
ton's Brigades. 

1 S, 15 P. that are reapers to parade at Head Quarters to-morrow 
Morning with Sickles from General Glover's Brigade. 

A dark rone Horse taken up by Major [Joseph] Hait in Camp as 
a stray ; the owner on applying may have him. 

Colonel [John] Chandler is appointed President of the Court of 
Enquiry upon the Prisoners in the Provost Guard in the place of 
Colo. [Heman] Swift. S^ Court to sit to-morrow morning at nine 
o'clock. 



Head Quarters, 22*™ July, 1777. 
Parole, Newark. Countersign, Elizabeth. 

Brigadier Genl Glover -\ 

Col? [Joseph] Vose I 

B. Major [Ebenezer] Flagg f 0fficers of the Da ?* 

Adjutant Pearl ) 

The Picquet kept at the Church in future is to be taken from 
Lord Sterling's Division, consisting of one field officer & 120 men 
as at first. 

The Court appointed to examine into the Grounds of Uneasiness 
among the Commissioned Officers of Col? [Edward] Wigglesworth's 
Reg*, occasioned by the appointment ot Major Porter, report that 
as Major Porter was appointed by authority which was proper and 
competent for the Purpose, it ought not to be drawn into Question 
by them. 



34 ORDERLY BOOK. 



The Gen 1 , approves the Sentence & earnestly recommends it to 
all Officers of the Army not to let trifling Considerations respecting 
Prudence [precedence ?] & Rank impede or divert their Attention 
from the great Object for which we are at War, viz. the Defence & 
Salvation of our Country, remembering that true Honor results not 
so much from Elevation of Rank & Place as from Sublimity of Soul 
& great military exploits. 

At a Gen 1 . Court Martial held by order of the Hon b . le Major Gen 1 
Putnam at Peekskill on the 17th Instant, Col? Shepherd, President. 

The following Soldiers were tried for the several Crimes annexed 
to their Names respectively, viz : 

Amos Rose, private in Colo. Sam 1 B. Webb's Reg 4 , tried for firing 
a gun loaded with a Ball at Lt. [Elisha] Brewster, found guilty & 
sentenced to suffer the Pains of Death. 

The Gen 1 approves the Sentence & orders that said Rose be shot 
to Death on Friday the first of next August between the Hours of 
Ten & Eleven in the Morning. 

Henry Hercules Hoff, private in Col? [Henry B.] Livingston's 
Reg* tried at the above Court for Desertion, found guilty & sen- 
tenced to receive one Hundred Lashes on his naked back. 

Sam 1 Fosdick of Col? Livingston's Reg* tried by s* Court for De- 
sertion, found guilty, & sentenced to receive 50 Lashes on his naked 
back. 

Tho* Doyle tried by s* Court for Desertion, found guilty & sen- 
tenced to receive 100 Lashes on his naked back. 

Tho? Colvill of Colo. Sam 1 B. Webb's Reg 4 , tried by s? Court for 
Desertion, found guilty & sentenced to receive 50 Lashes on his 
naked back. 

Edward Murphey of L* Col? [Jeremiah] Olney's Detachment 
tried for Desertion found guilty & sentenced to receive 100 Lashes 
on his naked back. 

Henry Williams of Col? [Heman] Swift's Reg*, tried for per- 
swadins: Soldiers to desert, found guilty & sentenced to receive 100 
Lashes on his naked Back. 

The Gen 1 approves the several Sentences & orders them to be ex- 
ecuted to-morrow morning at Guard Mounting on the grand parade. 

The Gen 1 is sorry that he is so frequently put to the disagreeable 
Necessity of ordering Punishments to be inflicted owing to the great 



ORDERLY BOOK. 35 



Frequency of Crimes, the Perpetration of which renders punish- 
ments absolutely necessary for the Reformation of Offenders, & to 
deter others in order to maintain that Subordination, Order & Reg- 
ularity which is necessary for the well-being of an Army — earnestly 
recommends it to all the Soldiers to take Warning by the Sufferings 
of others : for tho his Eye pities their Sufferings, his justice will not 
spare their Crimes, & so to behave as to give as little Occasion for 
the disagreeable Employment of inflicting punishment as possible & 
to prevent what he imagines to be one principle cause of such ir- 
regular Conduct, viz 1 ; drinking spirituous Liquors to Excess, he 
strictly forbids the Soldiers frequenting taverns, Tippling Houses, or 
Sutler's Shops where spirituous Liquors are sold & their drinking 
spirituous Liquors to excess. 

The Provost Guard is augmented to i C, 2 S., 2 S, 2 C, 2 D. F., 
50 P. 

Gen 1 . McDougall's Brigade hath Liberty to discharge their Pieces 
this Evening at Retreat Beating under the Direction of their 
Officers. 

After Orders, 22 July, 1777. 

Considering the Imperfection of Man & his liability to err; The 
Inexperience & Rashness of Youth that betrays them into many 
criminal Imprudences & exposes often to be seduced into evil prac- 
tices by the Example of false pretence & subtle Insinuations of de- 
signing Veterans in Iniquity & that in some Cases where it would be 
perfectly just to inflict punishment, the great End of Government 
will be answered, the Public Interest Secured by the Exercise of 
Mercy in the forgiveness of offenders — trusting that all these Rea- 
sons concur in the present case to urge & justify the Hand of Clem- 
ency in being reached out to save two unhappy young men who are 
justly condemned for their Crimes & trembling with the anticipation 
of their Punishment just ready to come upon them — 

It is the Genl* g 00C l Pleasure that Sam 1 Fosdick & Thos. Colvin 
receive a pardon & a Pardon is hereby granted to each of them & 
it is ordered that they be discharged without receiving Punishments 
& join their RegV 5 , relying upon it that the Consideration of this 
Goodness to them will more Strongly induce them to virtuous & 
order Behavior than the Smart & Twinges of Punishment. At the 
same time would caution every one against taking Encouragement 
from this act of Clemency to presume to transgress. 



36 ORDERLY BOOK. 



Camp at Fradricks Borough July 22 1777 
Brigade orders for genaral Parsones Brigade : the General Ex- 
pects that y? officers take Perticuler Care that no Ingury be Done 
to Indeviduals under Pretence of their being Enemys to the Cause 
We are ingaged in and there be no Complaints in Camp or on y<r 
March of fences being Destroyd or any Damage being Commited 
by the Soldiers of the Brig[ade] the Roles of y* Respective Com- 
panys are to be Calld [ ] Every Day : viz Morning & Evening at 
Which time the Commisiond officers When off Duty are Expected 
to Att[end] 1 Cap* 2 Subaltons 4 Sarg*. s 4 Cor 1 . & 50 Privates are to 
Parade tomorrow at 1 oclock at y? Church with three Days Provis- 
ion. 

Camp at Fradracks Borough y? 23? July 1777 
Regimental orders the Reg 1 , to Perade Dayly for Exercise Agree- 
able to the general & Brigade orders Captains & officers Command- 
ing Company are to Make their Pay abstracts for Six Months to y* 
Pay master Without Delay to Make an Abstract for Each Month 
Seperately tho officers of the Day for y<: Camp [will?] be for the 
futuer Mentioned in orders : No one is to Stray Any Distance from 
Camp Without Leave all the Lasure time y? men have Should Be 
Spent in Brightning their arms till they git them Very Bright and 
Clean Strict attention ought to be Paid * the Teems Which Brought 
provisions from thence May be Made use of for that purpose Such 
Inverleads as are Scattered on y<; Road the general Directs should 
be Collected together that an attentive and Prudent officer from 
Each Reg* Be Sent to take y? Charge of them & Bring on By Easy 
Marches Such as are able to join y? Brigade 

a guard from Each Reg* to Be kept to Prevent y<r horses or oxen 
Straying or Being Stole or Breaking into Inclosiers & Doing unnes- 
sary Damage the unavoidable Destruction an army Makes in its 
Progress is But two great without y? aditional Evil of Criminal Neg- 
legence for Wanton Depradations [He] Would fondly natter him 
Self of the Fealings of h[uma]nity and y<r Dictates of honour as to 
Become Plunderers and Villians as to Subject them Selves to [ 
& Punishment and Loose the fare Rep[utation] they have Alredy 
aquired to Presarve [ ] Carrecter will Ever give E™ the greatest 
Pleasure and Satisfaction 

* Some words omitted. 



ORDERLY BOOK. 37 

Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 23 July, 1777. 
Parole, Goshen. C. Sign, Kent. 

Brig? Gen 1 . McDougall a 

U. Col? [Henry B.l Livingston 

-d at • ptu Tu v 1 f Officers of the Day to-morrow. 

B. Major [Thomas] Fosdick J 

Adjut*. Larnard J 

The Gen! strictly forbids all persons robbing Gardens or taking 
any thing from the Inhabitants without leave of the Owner's or 
wasting or destroying private property of any kind, whereby the In- 
habitants may be injured or distress'd on pain of severe punishment 
& all officers are strictly enjoined to see that this order is observed 
& complied with. 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 24 July, 1777. 
Parole, Sterling. C. Sign, Durkee. 

Brigadier Gen 1 Varnum n 

Major [Samuel] Ward I 

Brigade Major [Ebenezer] Flagg f 0fficers of the B ^' 
Adjutant [John] Remington ) 

Gen! Glover's Brigade is ordered to march to the Northward to 
join our Army there with all Expedition. 

A Fatigue Party of Reapers from Gen! McDougall's Brigade of 
1 S, 1 S., 1 C., 20 P. to parade at Head Quarters to-morrow morn- 
ing to have fatigue Rum & Wages. 

Major [Ebenezer] Huntington 1 C., 3 S, 4 S, 4 C, 4 D. F., 100 
P. to relieve the garrison at Fort Constitution to-morrow morning. 

Col? S. B. Webb's Reg 1 , hath Liberty to discharge their Pieces this 
Evening at Retreat Beating under the Direction of their Officers. 

At a Gen! Court Martial held at Peeks Kill by order of the 
Hon'ble Major Gen! Putnam, 22 July, 1777, Colonel [William] 
Shepherd, President. 

Serg 1 . John Smith & William White of Cap 1 . D. Dexter's Company, 
Col? Angel's Reg 1 , were tried for Desertion & attempting to go to 
the Enemy, for stealing & embezzling Cartridges & carrying off their 
Arms & accoutrements belonging to the Continent. 

The Court find the Prisoners guilty & sentence the Serg^ to be 



38 ORDERL Y BOOK. 

reduced to the Ranks & each of them to receive 100 Lashes on 
their naked backs. 

The Gen 1 , approves the sentence & orders it to be executed to 
[morrow] morning at Guard Mounting. 

Edmund Palmer was arraigned & tried upon a Charge of Plun- 
dering, robbing & carrying off Cattle, Goods, &c. from the well- 
affected Inhabitants & for being a Spy for the Enemy.* 

The Court finds him guilty of the whole Charge alledged against 
him, & sentence him to suffer the Pains of Death. 

The Gen 1 , approves the Sentence & orders it to be put in Execu- 
tion on Fryday, the ist. of next August ensuing between the Hours 
of 9 & 1 1 in the Morning — by hanging him up by the Neck till he 
is dead, dead, dead. 

Jeremiah Maybee was bro't before the Court on suspicion of being 
a Spy. 

The Court find him to be an Inhabitant of this State & his Offence 
of such a Nature, that its proper to refer him to the Convention or 
civil Authority of this State. 

L* John Waterman & Ensign Abbit [John Abbot] of Colo. Dur- 
kee's Reg 1 , were bro't to Trial upon an Arrest by order of Col? Phillip 
Cortlandt for behaving in a scandalous & cowardly manner before 
the Enemy on a scouting Party near the White Plains on the io* h 
Instant & making a false Alarm in Quarters at the same time. 

The Court upon maturely considering the case adjudge Lt. Water- 
man guilty of behaving in a scandalous and Cowardly Manner be- 
fore the Enemy ; but are of opinion that he did not wilfully occasion 
a false Alarm in Quarters & thereupon order that s? Waterman be 
cashiered & that his Crime, Name, Place of Abode & Punishment 
be published in the news paper in & about the Camp and in that 
State, from whence he came & where he usually resided — but as for 
the s"? Charge against s? Abbit they are of Opinion that he is not 
guilty & acquit him with Honor. 

The Gen 1 approves the Sentences & orders s? Waterman to quit 
his Reg 1 . & the Army forthwith.! 

* The proceedings of the Court Martial are printed in Calendar of New York 
Historical Manuscripts, II, 258. 

t Abbot resigned in December, 1777. 



ORDERLY BOOK. 39 

John Smith, William White & Doctor Taller's Negro are ordered 
to be sent on board the Men of Warr immediately upon receiving 
their Punishments at Fort Montgomery. 

The Person in whose Hands the marking Iron is, will return it to 
Head Quarters immediately. 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 25 July, 1777. 
Parole, Crane. C. Sign, Lamb. 

The following is an order issued at Head Quarters, Ramapaugh, 
23^ Inst : — 

The March of the Army whenever it begins will be made with the utmost Dis- 
patch. This renders it indispensably necessary to divest it of as much Baggage 
as possible. 

Each Brigadier is therefore immediately to cause certain Waggons to be pre- 
pared for the Tents of his Brigade, and when Orders are given to march they are 
to suffer nothing to be put into these Waggons but the Tents & see that they are 
not heavy loaded even with them — & the more to facilitate the march of the 
Army, the Commissaries are to leave no Means untried to procure a Supply of 
hard Bread to be reserved for the march — & when the Army moves they are to 
go forward before it & get the Provisions ready to be delivered out the moment 
the Army halts. The Qr Mr Gen\ will have ready a proper Number of empty 
Waggons to follow each Brigade to take up the sick & lame. The rest of the 
Baggage is to be left under the Care of a small Guard to follow on after the 
Army accompanied by the women — None of them are to be suffered to go with 
the Troops. 

12 Seamen to parade to-morrow morning to go on board the 
Boats under Cap 1 . Buchanan. 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 26 July, 1777. 
Parole, Kingston. C. Sign, Princeton. 

Brig? Gen 1 . Varnum > 

Lt. Col? [Jeremiah] Olney I 

B. Major [Ebenezer] Flagg f 0fficers of the da ^ 

Adjutant [John] Holden [Jr.] J 

A Gen 1 . Court Martial to sit at the Widdow Warren's at 9 o'clock 
next Monday Morning. Col? Durkee to sit as President. 3 Cap? 5 
& 3 Sub? from Gen 1 . McDougall's Brigade ; 3 Capt! & 3 Sub! from 
Gen 1 . Varnum's, for Court Martial. 



4 o ORDERLY BOOK. 

Head Quarters Peekskill 27 July 1777 
Brigadier Gen 1 . McDougle >, 

L*. Colo [Giles] Russel* 

Brigade Major Piatt ( officers of the Da ^ 

Adj*. [Elihu] Marvin J 

A Piquit Consisting of 1 Cap* 2 Subs 4 Sargiants 4 Cor 1 . & 50 
Privates is ordered to Be kept at the Church below kings fery to 
take 3 Days Provision & to be Releavd once in 3 Days : from the 
Present uncartainty of the Enemys Distination they having Saild 
out of hook & undoubtedly Intend to Attack Some Place South or 
East of this & that a Conciderable Part of the Troops at Peekskill 
Will Be Calld to y e Place When Ever the attact Should be made the 
gen orders Persuant to y e Advice Rec<* from Gen Washington that 
y e Several Brigades at this Place be thoroughly Aqu[ip]t and hold 
them Selves in Redyness to March at y e Shortest Notice 

General Parsons & huntings [Huntington's] B D [Brigades] are 
ordered : Huntingtons to Peekskill : Parsons to his former ground 
on y e Left General Varnams Brigade is ordered to Incamp on the 
hill Back of the [ ] generals Nearer to general Huntingtons f 
genr 1 . huntington's to Incamp at Peeks Kill on General Varnams 
former Ground : 2 Battallians of General Parsons Brigade to Incamp 
on the hill East of y e Generals Head Quarters Whare Colo Webbs 
( Wyttys) & Douglases was Incamed 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 28 July, 1777. 
Parole, Albany. C. Sign, Canaan. 

1 S 1 C 1 2 P from Gen 1 . Huntington's Brigade to parade to-mor- 
row morning at 6 o'clock with proper tools to clear & mend the 
Road from Peeks Kill to King's ferry. 

1 S 1 C 12 P from Gen 1 Parsons Brigade to relieve the Cattle 
Guard at Crumpond to-morrow morning. 

* Cumstock. Piatt. 

t " On the Hill in front of the Gen'ls near MandevM's."— Piatt. 



ORDER Z Y BO OK. 4 1 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 29 July, 1777. 
Parole, Glover. Countersign, March. 

Gen 1 Huntington -\ 

Major rHezekiah] Holdridge I . , _ 

■n u • rrs -jn tt u r Officers of the Day. 

B. Major [David] Humphreys J 

Adjt Selden J 

L* Col? [David] Dimon is ordered to march to fort Montgomery 

to relieve the Militia whose time is out. 



Regimental orders Camp at Peekskill July 29 1777 
Capts & officers Commanding Companies to make out their Mus- 
ter Roles Each Capt to make 5 and to Apply to the L*. Colo for a 
form : a Courtmarshel to Set to-morrow at 10 oclock to try all such 
Prisoners as Shall Be Brought Before it Cap* [John] Mills to be 
President all Parsons Concarnd to Attend y? Revalee to Beet for the 
future Emediately after the firing of the Morning gun at Which 
time Reg 1 , is to Perade for y e . Purpose of Exercising officers are Re- 
quired to Attend : y e . Sarj 1 . Magor is Peromtoryly Ordered to Con- 
fine all those Sarj? that are not Properly Attentive to their Duty and 
if he Omits Complying with this order he May Rest Asured that he 
will Be Sevearly Punished the SargV Must be Sencable that they are 
Answerable for y<: Least inattention the men Seem to Pay to their 
Duty When in their Power to Remady it & May Expect to be pun- 
ished According As the Sarg? are not Aproved of as yet By the Field' 
officers those that not thorough in performing their Duty will be 
Reduced to do Privates Duty & those Cor 1 . & Privates who the Com- 
manding officer Shall think Desarving Shall be Prased for he is De- 
termined to Reward them that behave Like good Soldiers and to 
punish them Who by their un Soldier Like behavour May Demand 
it : the L* Colo is Surpiised that After So many Repeeted orders to 
y? Contrary the men Should Presume to burn Fences or Destroy y e . 
Property of any of the Inhabitence the officers are Calld upon : & 
Injoind to Prevent any Such thing for the Future & to Indeavour to 
find out those Who have Ben guilty that they May be brought to 
tryal and Punished y? men in general are amaising Dilatory in turn- 
ing out when Required the Adjtn and Sargt Magor are to Require 



42 ORDERLY BOOK. 

y? Sarj? to turn out their Men and have them on y e . Parade Immedi- 
ately when Required : those Sarj? Who Dont Bring on their Men 
Accordingly are to be Punished but if y? men Refuse to Comply with 
y? orders they Receive from their Non Com officers they are ordered 
to Be Confined & they May Rest Asured they Shall be Punished 
Sevearly : 

As Commissioned officers of Companies Attend Role Call morn- 
ing & Evening they will take Perticuler Care to Bring thoes men 
who Do not attend and have no Leave of Absence to a Condine 
Punishment 



Head Quarters, July 30™, 1777. 

Parole, President. Countersign, Hancock. 

General Varnam \ 

Major [David Fithian] Sill I 

B. Major [Ebenezer] Flagg f officers of the D ^ 

Adgertent [Henry] Ten Eyck J 

Persuant to y? orders Rec<? from Genr 1 Washington 2 Brigades 
namely genr! McDougles & general Huntingtons are Emediately to 
Pack up their heavy Bagage & Convey it over the River and hold 
them Selves in Redyness to March with four Days Provision ready 
drawn to march at a Minutes Warning and all the Partys Detachd 
from Either of the Brigades on \_or~] any out Posts Exept the guard 
at Danbury & those on Bourd y? Ships and Whale boats are ordered 
Emediatly to Join their Respective Regiments. 

The Garrison at Fort Constitution is reduced to a Cap? command 
consisting of one Company from Gen 1 . Varnum's Brigade. Major 
[Ebenezer] Huntington is to return to the Reg 1 . & all the Troops 
belonging to Gen 1 . McDougall's Brigade are immediately to join their 
respective Reg?. 

Lt. Col? [David] Dimon is to march immediately to the White 
Plaines with his Reg 1 , to relieve Col? Cortlandt & the Detachment 
under his Command who are immediately to join their respective 
Brigades instead of marching to Fort Montgomery, which is occa- 
sioned by the different orders since rec? 1 from Gen 1 Washington. 



ORDER L Y BOOK. 43 



The Bridge is to furnish 9 Centries if Necessary. The Hospital 
guard four, two at each Barrack. 

Mr. Simeon Belding late Q? M T . of Col? [Samuel] Wyllys's Reg*, 
is appointed Q* M T . to Gen 1 . Parson's Brigade. 



Head Quarters, July 31, 1777. 
Parole, Jamaica. C. Sign, Flushing. 

Brigadier general Parsons \ 

Lt Colo [Samuel] Printice [• officers of the Day.* 

Brigd Magor Humphris [David Humphreys] J 

John kenis (Kavas) of the 3 Pensylvania Reg* Commanded by 
Colo Ward ( Wood) was tryd for Disartion the Court Sentance the 
Prisoners to Receave 100 Lashes on y? naked back Tomorrow 
mornig at Guard Mounting : Samuel oakley f of West Chaster 
County was Tryd for being an Enemy To his Cuntry & a Robber 
taking arms also as being Spy from the Enemy it was unnessary to 
Produce Any Evidence altho it Might have ben Produced y e . Pris- 
oner of his own accord Confes 1 . as Much as y<r Court Could Require 
to be Satisfied of his guilt y? Court Judged the Prisoner guilty of 
y<: Crimes Eledged Against him Concidering the Extraodenary & 
Atrotious Nature of his Crime as a Robber & Spye from y? Enemy 
also taken in arms Sentance him to Suffer the Pains of Death 
Reuben Smith Tryd as an Enemi to his Contry & a Robber of y? 
well Effected Inhabitance the Cort agudg the Prisoner Guilty of y? 
whole Crime and in order that the Examplery Punishment May 
Sarv to Deter other Villins from Commiting y e . Like Crimes Sentance 
him to Receive joo Lashes on the Naked Body the first 20 of which 
are to be Inflicted on y? grand Perade the tomorrow morning 

Remainder to Inflicted at the head of Each Brigade Day by Day 
Provided the Same No of 100 Lashes be not Deminished or Les- 
sned after which S4 Prisoner is to be Sent on Bourd one of the, 
( Continental) Ships of war in y? North River there to Be kept to 
hard Labour at y? Same time to be Secured from Making his Es- 
cape During the Present war : John Hartstone {Houston) Cap 1 , in 

* Adjutant Hart. — Piatt. f Lemuel Akerly. 



44 ORDERLY BOOK. 

Colo gansaevils* Reg*. Tryd for y e . following Charges first for Disurt- 
ing to the Enemy While a Cap' in y? Continental Service & after he 
had Rc<? 500 Dollars Recruiting money and taking with him to y c . 
Enemi Secondly for forfiting y? Confidence Placed in him by Colo 
Lamb for his going to y« Peekskill 3*? for Disarting the gentlemen 
under whose Confidence he was Put in order to be Conducted to 
Genr 1 . Putnam 4*7 for Forging a Pass signed " by order of General 
McDougle Richard Piatt Magor of [Br] "as to the first Charge of 
Disarting to y e . Enemy y e . Court is of Appinan that the Prisoner is 
not guilty thereof. As to the Remainder of the Charges against him, 
the Court is of opinion that the Prisoner is guilty of the same as allso 
Appears by his own Confession the Court therefore order & adgudg 
that y« S^ Hartstone {Houston) be Dismissed from y« army y<r gen- 
eral approoves the Sentance & orders the BD [Brigade] Magor of 
the Day to see them Put into Execution as above Directed & that 
John hutson leave the Camp Emediatly Samuel Oakerly [Lemuel 
Akerly] to be Exercuted on Munday ii*. 11 Day of August next be- 
tween y*r hours of 9 & 11 oclock in y<: fore noon y": Execution of 
Edmund Palmer & Amos Rose which was to be tomorrow is Re- 
spited till munday next at y* Same time of the Day y<: Court mar- 
tial of which Colo [John Durkee] Durkey was Presid[ent] Presi- 
dent is Desolved 

Brigade orders Colo [Samuel] Prentice Regiment to Furnish 
the generals guard tomorrow all the Musick in the Brigade to attend 
on the Grand Perade tomorrow morning L\ Colo Prentice Regt to 

* This record well illustrates the difficulty of tracing the persons intended. 
" Gansaevil " is evidently intended for Gansevoort, and Peter Gansevoort was ap- 
pointed Colonel of the Third Battalion of New York, 21 November, 1776. 
Hartstone or Hutson were not found in any New York Company; but Piatt 
Orderly Book gave it as Captain John Houston of Gansevoort's Regiment. In 
1775, Houston was a Second Lieutenant in the New York line, and when the 
force was re-organized at the end of 1776, was recommended for a Captaincy, as 
an " excellent officer and unprovided for." He received a commission, but the 
record suddenly becomes silent as to his service. I give in parallel columns the 
names of the three officers of Houston's regiments, the first column being taken 
from the Slate Archives, l^he Revolution, I, p. 140, and the second from Calendar 
of Historical Manuscripts, II, 49 : — 



John Houston, Capt. 
John Welder, Lieut. 
Prentice Brower, 2d Lieut. 



John Houston, Capt. 
John Welch, Lieut. 
Prentice Bowen, 24 Lieut. 



ORDERLY BOOK. 45 

Send 1 Sarg 1 . 1 Cor 1 . & 12 Privates to Releave the guard at fourt In- 
dependence 

Regimental Orders Camp a Peekskill July 31 17 78 [177 7]. 
the Court marshel of Which Cap 1 ; [John] mills was President is 
Desolved No officer for the future will give Leave of Absence from 
Camp to any Soldier & None is to Be absent without Leave of one 
of y? Field officers & he is to have his Permition in writeing or he 
may Expect to be taken up and Punished Captains or officers Com- 
manding Corny s are fourthwith to Make out Returns to the L*. Col? 
of the men they have in their Companies & Whare they are and 
those that Absent and by whose Permition &c y<: L\ Colo Recomends 
to y? Comisnd officers to turn out Every Day to inform them Selves 
into Every part of Exercise Nessary for an officer to understand y? 
Sarj^ & Corl s are to turn out Every Day twice to Exersise By them 
Selves 

Head Quarters August y? i 1777 
general Varnam n 

Colo [Samuel] Wyllys j 

BD Magr Flag* . \ officers of the Day 

Adj 1 . [Elisha] Hopkins ) 

the Court of inquirery of which Colo [John] Chandler was Presi- 
dent is Desolved the general has been informd that Much Damage 
has ben Done by the main guard in y? house whare it has ben kept 
By Cuting y? Pillars of the Peazza Pulling up the flore &c he ther- 
fore Strictly Injoins it upon y? Main Guard and all other Guards to 
take special Care not to Injure the Houses in which they are kept 
or the ajacent Buildings under severe Penalties. 



Head Quarters Peeks Kill 2 August 1777 
Parole, Cowardice. C. Sign, Death. 

Brigadier Gen 1 . Parsons % 

Lt. Col? Sherman I 

B. Major [David] Humphreys f 0fficers of the Da y- 
Adjutant Holden ) 

* "Box.— Piatt. 



46 ORDERL Y BO OK. 



Camp Peeks July Camp Peekskills August 4 1 7 7 7 Brig"? Gen? l 
Parsons L*. Col? Olny Brigade Maj? Omppres [David Humphreys] 
Adj 1 . [Henry] Ten Eyck Officers of the Day Gen 1 : 1 Putnams Guard 
to Consist of 24 Privates the Gen 1 : 1 has Reason to know that the 
attention of the Enemy is turned towards the North River and the 
passes on the high Land Dayly and hourly Expects an Attack Re- 
commends and enjoins it upon all Officers in this Department 
Emediatly to Examin the state of the arms & amunition of their 
men and See that they are Put in the Best Condition the Surgeon 
of Several Reg 1 . 5 are Directed to Make Dayly Returns of the Sick 
under their Care to Doctr Burnet Surgeon & Phisition Genr 1 Colo 
[Charles] Webbs Regt to Furnish y? generals guard tomorrow. 



Head Quarters Peekskill August y? 5™ 1777 
Parole, Barry. C. Sign, Burk. 

General McDougle -n 

Colo [Heman] Swift I 

BD Magor [Richard] Piatt f ° mcers of the B ^- 

Ajertent Royce [Nehemiah Rice] J 

a Fatigue Party To Consist of one Cap* 1 Sublt and 150 men to 
Perade tomorrow morning at 6 oclock to bring up the Boats from 
Kings Ferry to Fort Montgomery. A subalterns party of thirty men 
to parade to-morrow morning at 6 o'clock with their arms & with 
Six Days Provision from genr 1 McDougles BD the officer of y! Party 
to wait on y<r general for orders y^ four Brigades in this Department 
are to form 2 Divisions : Brigadier McDougle & Brigadier Gen 1 
Huntington to form one Intire Division Bd gen 1 Parsons & general 
Varnams Brigades to make another Division to Be Commanded By 
the Senier Brigadier of Each Division 

The Detachment that lately returned from White Plains with 
Colo Cortlandt have liberty to discharge their Pieces this Evening 
at Retreat Beating under the Direction of their officers. 

Brigade orders the Senior Field officer of General Parsons Brigade 
to Command : Colo Wyllys to Command till Further orders in order 
more Effectually to Prevent any Reledation of Disipline and Loss of 
arms one Company of Each Reg* in y« Brigade is to [be] off Duty 



ORDERLY BOOK. 47 



Every Day & to Be Peraded with their arms & Accutrements and a 
Carefull Examination to be made at which time all y? officers in the 
Camp are to be Present the Duty required of the Reg 1 , are to be 
Done By the other Companyes and Defeerances are to be Carfully 
noticed the Companies Deficiancys & Names of y? Soldiers to be 
Returned to y? Commanding officer of y? Reg 4 , a Coppy theirof to 
be kept by the Commanding Officer of Companies Which is Care- 
fully to be Examined with y? Deficiances found and the next Exam- 
ination for all which the Soldiers Will Be Charged and Stopages 
Made from his Wages unless they arise from unEvitable Providence 
or in y? Way of his Duty a Report to Be made Every Eight Days 
By y? Commanding officer of the Reg* to the Brigadier General as 
it is perticularly y? Duty of the Sarjeants to See the orders of y? 
officerr Carryed into Execution it is Recomended that they make 
Dayly Reports of the State of the Company to the officers & that 
Every officer make him Self thoroughly Aquainted With State of the 
Companys to which they Belong and at all times to Be able to Ren- 
der a Particular Account thirof 

Detales for Guard Colo Charles Webbs Regiment 

CSS C DF P' 
Colo Webb for Guard o 1 1 1 8 

for Piquit 4 

Fatigue for the boats ...1000 8 

for Common Fatigue ...0000 2 

Capt [David] Parsons * Company 1 Sarjt 4 men for Main Guard 
August y? 6 t . h 1777 

Head Quarters August 6t h 1777 
Brigadier General Huntington >. 
Colo [Philip Burr] Bradley I 

Brd Magor [Roger] Alden f 0fficers of the D ^ 

Adj* [Elihu] Marvin J 

Colo Charles Webbs Regimen in general Parsons BD is to Be Mus- 
tered tomorrow morning at 8 \_five\ oclock and the Corny of Light 
Dragoon f at Eight [six] oclock Do that the Workmen of the Ar- 



* At this time a prisoner in the hands of the British, 
f A part of Sheldon's Regiment. 



48 ORDERL Y BOOK. 



moury Be Subject to the orders of Colo Allen the Superintendant. 
the Commanding officers of the Respective Reg 4s are to give orders 
for Repairing the Defective arms in their Respective Regts With A 
Cartifycate how the arms Come Defective those that are Cartifyd 
to Want Repairing byunEvitable Exident the armours are to Repair 
without Chargeing to y? Reg* those that are Cartifyd to be So through 
the Deficiancy of Soldier are to Be Chargd to the Reg 4 . An Account 
of Cost and the Names of the Soldiers are to be monthly Trans- 
mited to the Comnding officer of the Reg 1 . Who is to Deliver the 
Same To the Pay Master of Reg 1 , and he is to Stop Such Cost out 
of the Defitiant (defaulting) Soldiers Wages 

the Signal to be given by y? Sub 1 . 111 and his Party (of thirty) gone 
towards Harvestraw & (on) their Discovering the Enemy fleet to be 
Coming up the North River is a Large fire & Smoke on v? hill 



Brigade orders August y? 6™ 1777 
all the Men belonging to Colo Demons Reg 4 , who have been Re- 
leavd from Duty Sence the Reg*. Marchd or who have recovered from 
Sickness So as to be able to do Duty are to joine the Reg 4 at White 
Planes without the least Delay Lt Colo Reg 4 * to Releave the guard 
at fourt Independance with A Sarj 4 Cor 1 . & 12 men Colo [Samuel] 
Wyllyses Reg 4 , to Releave y e . guard at Robinsons Mills with the Like 
Number Each Party to Carry 3 Days Provision Colo Webbs 
Detales for guard S C D F P 
1 1 1 1 8 
for Piquit 2 



Head Quarters August 7™ 1777 
Parole, George. C. Sign, Clinton. 

General McDougle f ^ 

Colo [John] Chandler 
BD Magor Box 
Adj 4 . Leonard 

Colo Angels and Colo Samuel B Webbs Regiments are to Be Mus- 
tered tomorrow Morning at 5 oclock all y? Brigades are to Perade 

* Varnum — Piatt. f Regnier? 



Officers of the Day tomorrow. 



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to morrow morning on y e . hill By the gallows to Attend the Execution 
of Amos Rose & Edmund Palmor * at a genr 1 . Court Marshel held 
at fonrt Muntgumery on y? 5* of august 1777 By order of Genr 1 . 
Putnam Lt Colo Meggs [Return Jonathan Meigs] Presedent Sam- 
uel Gray a Soldier in Capt Hautrimacks Company Colo Douglases 
Regt Was Arained for Trval for Desartion found Guilty and ordered 
to Be led to y? gallows with A Rope Round his Neck and their to 
Receive 100 Lashes on his Naked Back and Diumd out of garrison.f 
David Smith A Soldier in Cap* Goodens [Henry Godwin] Com? 
Colo Deboys [Dubois] Reg* Was tryed for Disartion and Sentanced 
to Receive 50 Lashes on his naked Back. Isaac Dolelson [Donald- 
son] A Soldier in Cap 1 . [Thomas] Lees Company Colo Deboys 
[Dubois] Regt Was tryd for Sleeping on his Post found Guilty and 
to Receive 50 Lashes on his naked Back y? General Approves of 
the Sentances of the Court Martial & orders y e . Prisoners to Receive 
their Punishment as Respectively ordered Excepting that Part only 
Respecting Samuel Grays being Drumd out of garison : that Instid 
of that he be Confined {to service) on bourd the Ship 

at A gen 1 Court Marshel held at Peekskill August 5* 1777 
By order of General Putnam Colo Samuel B Webb Tryd Lt Samuel 
Cringeon {Simeon Cregier) % of Capt [Benjamin] Walkers § Com- 
pany y<: 4 New york Battallion Was arained and tryed on a Charge 

* It was in this case that Putnam wrote the curt letter to Clinton that is so 
often quoted as an example of his energy. Clinton had sent a flag to Verplanck's 
Point, demanding Edmund Palmer, then in the hands of the Americans, as a 
lieutenant in the British service. Putnam wrote in reply : 

Head Quarters, 7 August, 1777. 
Edmund Palmer, an officer in the enemy's service, was taken as a spy lurking 
within our lines; he has been tried as a spy, condemned as a spy, and shall be 
executed as a spy, and the flag is ordered to depart immediately. 

Israel Putnam. 
P. S. — He has been accordingly executed. 

A very fanciful account of this incident may be found in Bolton, History of 
Westchester County, I, 72. 

f It was Samuel Gray, of Captain John F. Hamtranck's Company, of Colonel 
Lewis Dubois' Regiment. 

\ His name is not on the New York Revolutionary rolls. 

§ He was later Aid to Baron Steuben, and in 1782 to General Washington. 



5o ORDERLY BOOK. 

brot Against him for Steeling from & Plunder the Inhabitents of 
Many Valuable Articles when he Was Sent out with a Party With 
Express orders to Protect them from being Plundered upon full 
hearing the Evidence & the Prisoner the Court find him gudge (and 
adjudge) him guilty of the Vialation of y? first Article 13 in Section 
9* h i6 l . h Article Sec 4 . 13* and the 21 kx\ Sect 14 of y? Martial Law 
& there upon orders $& Ensign Gray ( Cregier) to be Cashiered and 
the name Place of Aboad Crime & Punishment of S<? Ensn be Pub- 
lished in y e . Publick New prints of y? State of New york and that 
S? Cringeon ( Cregier) Be Confined on bourd the Ships at fourt 
Muntgumery till Restitution be made by him to y? Sufferers the 
Gen 1 . Approves of y? Doeings of y? Court Martial Exepting his being 
Confined on bourd the Ships and there upon Sentance S4 Ens? 
Cregeon to be Confined {cashiered) and to (be) Sent under guard 
to the Convention of this State to be by them Further Punished and 
held till Restoration Be Made By him to Whome he has Plundered 
as y? Convention Shall Judg Proper the Commanding officer of the 
Train of Artillery & Light Dragoon are ordered to Make Returns of 
their Respective Companies at this and the ajacent Posts Emediately 



Division Orders, August 7, 1777. 

One hundred and twenty men from Gen 1 Huntington's Brigade 
properly officered to parade at Gen'l McDougalls Encampment to- 
morrow morning at six o'clock with one days provision without arms, 
there to take orders from Col? Durkee. Ensign Cole who has charge 
of the Intrenching Forts will see them collected every Evening. He 
will also at the same time return all axes to the Reg 1 ; 5 that are bor- 
rowed of them. 

The Service has been greatly injured by the Delay of making up 
the Pay Rolls & Abstracts in due Season. Gen 1 McDougall there- 
fore expressly orders that the Pay Rolls of each Reg 4 , for every Month 
be punctually bro't to the respective Brigadiers the first day of every 
Month after Pay becomes due, ready to be attested ; in Order that 
they may be put into the Hands of the Pay Master, to enable him 
to receive the Money for the Regiment, whenever the Military Chest 
shall be in Cash. Whoever fails to obey this Order, will be put in 
Arrest. 



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Head Quarters August y? 8™ 1777 
Parole, Hanover. C. Sign, Square. 

General Varnam -\ 

U. Colo [Josiah] Starr I 

Brigade M' [David] Humphris ( ° mcers of the D ^ 
Adjt. Smith J 

Colo Bradleys Regt to Be Mustered tomorrow morning at 5 oclock 
are Directed to be Prepared Accordingly 

And the unreasonable prices extorted from the soldier by the 
market People for want of a Rule or Standard to regulate the Prices 
of Articles sold in Camp shall be as follows : Butter, 2 / p* lb. Mut- 
ton & Lamb at 8d— Veal 6a 7 Milk 6d p* Quart. Potatoes 6 / p* Bushel — 
Squashes 1 / p? Peck Beans or Peas in the Pod i/6p! peck. Cu- 
cumbers 1 / p? Dozen Pig for roasting 1 / p* lb. Turnips Carrits & 
Beets 6 / p* Bushel. The above Prices in New York Money & no 
Person or Persons in Camp may give or take for the above enum- 
erated Articles more than the Stated Prices & so in proportion for 
greater or lesser Quantities on pain of forfeiting the Article or the 
value thereof. 

The Provost Guard is reduced to 1 C 1 S 1 S 1 C 2 DF 34 P. 



Division Orders, 9 August, 1777. 
One Hundred & twenty men properly officered from Gen'l Hunt- 
ington's Brigade to parade to-morrow morning at six o'clock at 
Genl. McDougall's Encampment — there to take Orders from Colo. 
Durkee. . 



> officers of the Day. 



Head Quarters, Peeks Kill, 10 August, 1777, 

Brig? Gen 1 . Varnurn 
U Col? [Giles] Russel 
B. Major [Roger] Alden 
Adjutant [Thomas] Converse 

At a Gen 1 Court Martial held at Peeks Kill by Order of the 
Hon b . le Major General Putnam on the 9* August, 1777, Sam 1 B. 
Webb, President : 



52 ORDERLY BOOK. 



Cornelius Bradley of Cap* Humphrey's Company in Lt. Col? 
Prentice's Reg* was tried for Desertion, carrying off his gun & in- 
listing again in Cap 1 . Meads Compy — found guilty and ordered to 
receive ioo Lashes on his naked back. 

Thomas Spencer of Cap* Mansfield's Compy in L* Col? Prentice's 
Reg 1 , was tried for Desertion, found guilty and ordered to receive 50 
Lashes on his naked back. 

George Cook tried for sleeping on his post, found guilty & ordered 
to receive 50 Lashes on his naked back, but as he had been unwell 
for several Days & kept awake two or three Nights before, by his 
Distemper, was then unfit for Duty & was standing up when found 
asleep,— The Court recommend him to the Genl for a Pardon. 

The General approves the Proceedings & Judgment of the Court 
Martial against the several Prisoners aforesaid & gives Sentence 
against them respectively to receive their several Punishments or- 
dered by the Court Martial to-morrow morning at 6 o'clock. 



Brigade orders August y? 8™ 1777 
Colo Wyllyses Regt to furnish y? generals guard tomorrow the 
Same fatigue tomorrow as usal 



Head Quarters August 9™ 1777 
Parade, Ulster. C. Sign, Orange. 

Brigadier gen 1 . Huntington -n 

Magor Hart [Hait] 1 

Brigd Magor [Richard] Piatt f officers of the Da ^ 

Adj 4 . Marshel J 

Colo Swifts & Colo Livingstones Regts to be Mustered tomorrow 
morning at 5 oclock the general is Surprised at the averices of the 
Contry 

Regimental orders Camp at Peekskill August y? n* h 1777 

the Reg 1 , officers and men to Be upon the Perade Emediatly after 
y? firing of the Morning Gun 

A Very Perticuler attention to Be Paid to this order the arms to 
Be Bright and Clean 



ORDERLY BOOK. 53 



Head Quarters August y? iiT h 1777 
General Huntington -s 

L'. Colo [Matthew] Mead 

Brigad Magor Box f officers of the Da ^ 

Adjt Hart J 

Amos Rose and Samuel Oakerly (Akerly) are Respited from Ex- 
ecution till Munday after Next a hogshead of flower was found 
buryd in the Ground in the Reer of Colo Wyllyses Incampment 
Any Parson Claiming the Same Will Appear and Make Evident their 
Property in S4 Flour within four Days or it will be liable to Be used 
for the Pu brick 

two barrels of good tobacco to be Sold {at 7 o'clock) tomorrow 
Morning at Vendue on the grand Perade Which Was taken from 
y c . Enemy 

C S S C DF P 

Colo Webbs Detals for Guard 001 1 2 n 

For Piquit 0111 4 

Colo Wyllys Reg 4 , to Furnish the generals Guard tomorrow Colo 
Webbs to Furnish y<: Guard at the Ccmmisarys Colo Wyllys Reg 1 , to 
furnish the Cattle guard this Evening 



Head Quarters August 12™ 1777 
General Varnam -s 

Magor Johnson 

B^ Majr [David] Humphries f officers of the Da y 

Adjt [Elisha] Hopkins J 

Colo Hughs D. Q. M General of this Department presents his 
Most Respectfull Complements to the Genrl officers and Colos 
Commanding or commanders of Regts and others Who have had 
Clothing at the Q\ M General Store in Either or both of Preceading 
Campaigns and Begs Leave to Aquaint them the Accounts that Re- 
main Unsettled are in his hands the Regimental & Brigade Q M T . 
and Deputy Q M^ genrl of Divisions are forbid to take or Give any 
orders for forage without Permition from Cap 1 . Thomas Campbell 
Forage Master for this Department at the Continental Villiage Colo 
Durkeys and Cortlands Reg*, in Genr 1 . McDougles Brigade are to be 



54 ORDERL Y BO OK. 



Mustered tomorrow Morning at 6 oclock and Colo Chandlers Reg 1 , 
with Cap 1 . Lees Com? of Artillery are to be Mustered Next Day 
after tomorrow morning at 6 oclock 2 Subs 4 Sarj? 4 Corl s & 50 
men Saylors if to be got to Perade tomorrow Morning Opposit to 
y« generals in order to Man the Shark and Campden Galleys 
Detales for guard &c 

S C DF P 

for the Galleys 11 n 

for fatigue 2 

Colo Prentice Regt to furnish the Generals guard tomorrow Colo 
Wyllys Reg^ to Releave the guard at the Comisary Store the Same 
fatigue tomorrow as today 



Head Quarters August y* 13™ 1777 
Perole Gates & Countersn Troop. 

General Huntington ) 

Majy Sedgwick „ _ . _ 

•n-r^ Tvr r-r. • 1 ji ™ Y officers of the Day 

BD Magor [Richard] Piatt f 3 

Adj 4 . [Henry] Ten Eyck 

as the Enemys fleet have Disappeared for Some time with Evident 
Design to Supprise Some Part of this Continent and there is the 
Greatest Reason to suspect that they will Supprise this Post and that 
Very Soon, the general is greatly Pleased at the Sperit Discovered 
in the Millitia in turning out so Chearfully in Defance of their Rights 
& Privaledges Against our Cruel Enemy in this busy time of the 
year and that they may be able to Render the Best Service to their 
Country : the gen 1 . Directs the Commanding offiers of Reg? to Mus- 
ter & Examin their Respective Reg? and Companies of Mellitia 
Respecting their Arms Accutrements and Aminition and See that 
they are Put in the best Condition and Report there Deficiencies 
Also that they Exercise there men from Six Oclock Untell ten in the 
Morning and four till seven In the After noon every day. Whereas 
the Gen 1 is Enform<? that the Enhabitents Refuse to Sell their Milk 
to the Troops at the Staited price for Six pence per Quart which is 
a veary high price and Considering that it is of the Last Importance 
that the Troops be supplyed. and willing that the Enhabitents should 



ORDERLY BOOK. 55 



be paid a Risonable Price for what they supply the Trops with The 
Gen 1 Orders a brave and Prudent Officer with thirty men to be De- 
tach4 from Each Brigade to Collect the Cows from these who Refuse 
to sell there Milk at the stated price in the Several Brigades s<? Offi- 
cer is to take An Account of the Cows their No Marks Natural and 
Artificial, and the Owners names this to Be Done this After noon 
and S<? Cows to be Milked to Supply s<? Troops and kept under Guard 
till the Owners Engage to Sell the Milk what they Can Spare from 
there own families to the Troops at the Stated price the Gen Directs 
the general Directs the Commanding officers of Regts Emediately 
to Cause Every Soldier in their Regts that Shall be found taking or 
Robing Any Guardian of the Fruite or Burning Rails or fence Be- 
longing to Private Property to be Whipt on the Naked Back at the 
Discretion of the Commanding officer According to the Demerit 
Not Exceading twenty Lashes without the formalty of Tryal By A 
Court Martial A Serj 1 . Cor 1 . & 12 men is ordered to perade tomor- 
row morning at 6 oclock to guard A Number of prisoners to Sapours 
[Esopus] Colo Webbs Reg 1 , to furnish the generals Guard tomorrow 
& Cattle grd this Eveng 



Head Quarters August 14™ 1777 
Parole, Danbury. C. Sign, Litchfield. 

Brigadier gen 1 . Ward 
L* Colo Wesenfield* 

BD Mag' [Roger] Alden \ 0fficers of the Da y 

Adjt. Selden 

the general hereby Acquaints the officers of the Army that y? 
Barachs at No. 3 are thoroughly Clensed and to be Improoved as a 
general horspatal for the Reception of the sick and Wounded the 
officers and Regamental Surgeons in this Department are Directed 
Strictly to observe & follow y« Directions of Congress Respecting 
the Sick & Wounded Phisition & Surgeon gen 1 . May know how to 
Dispose of them & Doct Burnet is Directed to Report Any that 
Shall Neglect or fail of this Necessary Part of their Duty to the 
Commander in Chief of this De Partment or the Director Gen 1 of 

* Weissenfels. 



56 ORDERLY BOOK. 



this Department that they May Be Duely Punished : the Genr! orders 
that all y<r Drumers in this Department Make Returns of the State 
of their Drums to the Commanding officers of Regts who is hearby 
Directed to Cause those wanting repairs to be immediately Repared 
& in future y! Drumers are to keep their own Drums in Repare at 
their own Expence the Commanding officers of Regts & Companys 
are to See that they Doe it and in Case of neglect the officers are to 
See it Done and Stopages are to be made out of their Wages to Pay 
the Same 

The Regimental Returns of the sick to Doc? Burnet Physician & 
Surgeon Gen 1 , have of late been very deficient. 

The Regimental Surgeons are enjoined punctually to observe & 
perform their Duty in that Respect agreeable to the Resolutions of 
Congress that the 

i S 2 S 2 C 30 P to parade to morrow Morning at 6 o'clock with 
axes & spades to mend the Road from Kings Ferry to Peeks Kill. 
The Party will receive the Tools at Qi M* Genl s Store at Continental 
Village. 

Head Quarters August y? 15™ 1777 
Parole, Adams. C. Sign, Wyllys. 

BD General Varnam -^ 

Colo Samuel B Webb* 

Brigade Magor Box f officers of the D ^ 

Adj 1 . Waterman J 

found By one of Colo Swifts Reg 1 , in Last June A large Pack Con- 
taining A Regimental Coat faced with Brown with A Book & Sundry 
Articels in it which the owner may have By Aplying to the Adj* of 
S4 Reg*, and making Evident his Property the Commanding officer 
of y e . Militia Regts and Companies are to take Spetial Care that 
their men Dont go off without Being Regulerly Discharged and that 
none to go without Returning all their Camp utentials flints Car- 
treges & Every thing Drawn out of the Store on Pain of Paying for 
those articles themselves the Melitia in general Wards Brigade have 
leave to Discharge their Pieces this Evening at Retreet beeting 
under the Direction of their officers 

* Colo Durkee, Piatt. 



ORDERLY BOOK. 57 



Head Quarters August i6t h 1777 

General Huntington >> 

Mag! Holdrey [Hezekiah Holbridge] 

BD Maj^ [David] Humphris f officers of the D ^ 

Adj* Royce [Nehemiah Rice] ) 

Colo Mosely Lost on y? 14* Instent A Large Spyglass Shagreen 
Case that might be taken Apart Any Parson finding the Same and 
will Return it to the owner or to head Qrs Shall Receive 3 Dollers 
Reward and no Questions Asked 

the Soldiers Who are Ingaged in y? Eight Month Service Either 
By Inlistment or otherwise Allso those of the 2 Battallion Raised by 
the State of Connecticut untill the first of January \_June~\ next as 
well as those of the Melitia have Liberty to List into the 3 year 
Sarvice or During the war Returning the Premiams they have alredy 
Reed from that State in Part towards y e . Premeum to be Paid by that 
State as {to the) Soldiers Inlisted in to the Continental Service as 
Above S4 : and those of the Eight Month men and of y? 2 Battal- 
ion [s] and those Inlisted as teemsters or Waggoners Must Return 
the Premeams Reed from the State of Connecticut, a general Cort- 
marshel is Apointed to Set next Munday at 9 oclock at the Widow 
Warrens Colo Durkey President 

L\ Col? Wyllys, Majors Huntington & Stanley, 1 C, 2 S from Mc- 
Dougalls, Parsons and Huntington's Brigades, members. 



Head Quarters August 17™ 1777 

Parole, Tappan. C. Sign, Bay. 

General Ward 

Lt Colo [Samuel] Prentice 

BrD Major Box* \ 0fficers of the Da y 

Adjt [Elihu] Marven 

* Piatt. 



58 ORDERLY BOOK. 

Head Quarters August i8T h 1777 
Parole, Burlington. C. Sign, Slip. 

General Hunting [ton] -n 

Colo [Israel] Angel I 

BD Magor Box ' f officers of the Da ^* 

Adjt Rogers J 

the general orders that all the Drum & Fife Magrs Make Returns 
Emediately of the Drums & Fifes in the Respective Regts also how 
many are wanting that they May be Furnished and Repared & after 
that the Drumers and Fifers are to keep them in Repair at theii 
own expence. 



Head Quarters August 19™ 1777 
Parole, Putnam. C. Sign, Webb. 

general Huntington n 

Colo [Israel] Angel 

BD Magor Box f 0fficers of the Da ^ 

Adjt Rogers J 

the general takes notice that the greatest Loads Drawn in Carts 
and Wagons are of hearty & well men Whereby the Teams are 
greatly Woryed he orders that no Soldier Ride in Carts or Wagons 
Except the Drivers and Sick Who are ordered to be Carryd on Pain 
of Being Whipt 20 Lashes on the naked Back Such officers as have 
not Carryd in their Muster Roles to y? Deputy Muster Master Genrl 
Will take Notice that unless he is furnished with Em by tomorrow 
morning 8 oclock they Can not be Included in the Abstracts that 
are Emediately to Be Sent to Hed-Qrts 



Peekskill August 20™ 1777 

Regimental orders Capts & officers Commanding Corny 3 to Make 

a Return to y? Q r . M r . of the number of men & of Tents and how 

Desposed of in their Respective Companies y*r Q5 M T . will make a 

Regimental Return of the Same kind & Deliver it to the Colo. 

* Piatt gives as the officers of the day : General Varnum, Col? Wyllys, Brigade 
Major Alden, and Adjutant Convers. 






ORDERLY BOOK. 59 



Prayers to be Attended at 6 oclock in y? morning & Emediatly after 
Retreet beeting at Evening officers as well as men will Punctually 
Attend 

the men are ordered to Cook nowhare But in the Rear of the 
Reg 1 , at y<r Distance of 20 or 30 Rods from the Tents the fires on the 
Sides and front of the Incampment are to Be Put Emediatly all the 
men off Duty Exipt those Imployd in Cooking to turn out to Clean 
the Perade & Streets of the Incampment the officer of the Day in 
future to See that the Tents are Struck Every Day if the V/eather 
will Admit of it and See that the ground is Properly Dryed 



Head Qu^ s August y? 20™ 1777 

Parole, Hempstead. C. Sign, Plains. 

Colo [Charles] Webb ' ~\ 

Br D Maj* [David] Humphris > officers of the Day 

Adj*. [Henry] Ten Eyck J 

at A genl Cort Marshel held at Peekskill August 19* 1777 Colo 
Durkey President Lt Roger More and Ensign David Russel [Resco] 
of Cap*. Roger's company in Col . [Roger] Enos's regiment Was 
Arained and Tryed for Mutiny & Disobaying orders and Refuseing 
to March and Secure [succour] this Post when ordered upon y? 7 t . h 
of this Instant Both found guilty of y? Charge and ordered to be 
Cashiered the general Aproves of the Sentance & orders Lt Moure 
& Russel [Resco] to be Cashiered and to Deliver up their Commis- 
ions Emediately and Quit the Army the Regimental Pay Master 
and [or] Commanding officers of ComY s are Directed [desired'] to 
Send Emediately to the Deputy Muster Master for their Muster 
Roles as he Expects to Leave this Post within a Day or two the 
general orders that no officer or Soldier Presume to Ride any of the 
W T agon horses on any Pertence Whatever without A writen order 
from A general officer or y e . Deputy Quarter Master General of this 
Department one Cap*. 2 Subs from general Parsons Brgd to be Re- 
turnd on genr! Court marshel tomorrow morning at 9 oclock in the 
Room of those Who are gone on Comd 

one Cap* 2 Subs 2 Sarg* 2 Corl & 30 men to be taken from gen- 
eral Parsons BrD to go to Fishkill tomorrow morjiing to Releave 



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Cap* Catlin and his Party Imployd in making Cartriges & the men 
Should Be Such as have ben used to Such Business Colo Webb 
one Subalton and Six Privates 



Head Quarters August y? 2\ % ? 1777 
Parole, White Plains. C. Sign, Rye. 

Colo Swift -\ 

BrD Magor [Richard] Piatt [■ Officers of the Day 

Adj*. Royce [Rice] ) 

if a Parson or Parsons of the Like [following] Description Should 
Make their appearance y« General orders that they be taken up and 
Brought to Hed Q r . s namely A lad About 1 7 years old 5 feet 3 Inches 
high Slim built Pock marked has the Apearance of a Creeold Light 
brown hair & Eyes &c Colo Printice Regt to furnish the generals 
gard tomorrow Colo Wyllyses Regt to furnish the Comisarys Guard 
tomorrow 

Regimental Orders the officers Commanding Corny are to Ac- 
count to the Colo Emediatly of the arms Lost at the time When 
Cap 1 . Parsons was taken 



Head Quarters August y? 22 1777 
Parole, Baltimore. C. Sign, Yates. 

Lt Colo Butler ~\ 

BD Mager [Roger] Alden >■ officers of the Day 

Adj 4 . [Elihu] Marvin J 

at a general Court Marshel Wharof Colo Durkey was President 
William Davis of Capt Barleys [Bardsley] Corny Colo Swifts Regt 
was Brought to Tryal for Steeling the 3? time the Prisoner Confesses 
him Self guilty & Beggs the Court to have Compasion on him the 
Cort Sentance him to Receave 100 Lashes on the naked Back and 
further order that he Be Sent on bourd one of the Continental 
Guard Ships in the north River {at Fort Montgomery) their to Be 
kept to hard labour During the war 

John Benson of Cap 1 . Bettses Company Colo C Webb Regt was 
Tryd for Disartion and Steeling Some good[s] the Prisoner pleeds 



ORDERLY BOOK. 61 



guilty as to Disarting & as to the Rest \theft\ he Confesses he had 
5 Black Silk Hankerchiefs and 6 Check Linen D? that he gave 14 
Dollars for and that the Same was taken from by one Heart by Vir- 
tue of an Advertisement the Cort adjudges the prisoner Guilty of 
the whole Charge and Sentance him to Receive 100 Lashes on the 
Naked Back and then Sent on bourd one of the Guard Ships {Con- 
tinental Frigates'] and their kept to hard Labour During the Present 
war the genr 1 . Aproves of the Above Sentances and orders them to 
Be Put in Execution tomorrow morning at Guard Mounting 



General orders Head Q? August 23? 1777 
Parole, Huntington. C. Sign, Belfast. 

Colo Chandler ~\ 

BD Maj 4 . Box [• officers of the Day 

Adj 1 . Convearce ) 

the general is very Sorry to See A Set of men in Camp Determined 
to Destroy the Morals & Lives of the Troops as well as the order 
and Disipline of y? army by Selling Spiritous Liquers he positively 
forbids any Parson Selling any kind of Spiritous Liquors Exept the 
State Comisarys to any Soldier without leave in writing from his 
Commanding officer and in Case any (Inn Keeper) Setler or Re- 
tailer Presume to transgress this order all his Liquers are Emedi- 
ately to Be Seazed for the use of the hospatol the general thinks 
it Strange that there is Need of his Mentioning in order that it is 
y? Q* Masters Duty to Receave take Care of and Deliver out ami- 
nition to the Troops as their is Ocation 

John Chilson of Col? Webb's Reg 1 , has lost a light brown Mare, 5 
year old, 14 Hands high, trots & paces, main the off-side, short 
tail, tapering &c, & offers a Reward of 3 Dollars & Necessary 
Charges paid by him on Lieu 1 . Trowbridge of s<? Reg 4 . . 

Strayed from the Stables at Head Quarters, a small chestnut col- 
ored mare of the Naraganset Breed, full of Spirits, tho' very low in 
flesh, small thin neck, with thick Bushy long main & Tail, trots & 
paces, & gallops off — formerly owned by M* Bacon of Woodbury & 
perhaps gone that way. The Gen 1 , will give 3 Dollars reward to 
have her bro't into him. 



62 ORDERLY BOOK. 

Head Q? s August 24™ 1777 
Parole, Trumbull. C. Sign, Wadsworth. 

Lt Colo Starr \ 

BD Magor Humphris > officers of the Day 

Adjertent Ten Eyck J 

the General Court marshel Wharof Colo Durkey was President is 
Desolved a General Court marshel to Set at Fort mountgumery on 
Munday next at 8 oclock in the morning Colo Deboice President 
the Prisonrs under the Sentance of Death now under the prevost 
guard have a further Restbit from their Execution untill the 2? Mun- 
day of September next. 



Head Q? Peekskill August 25 1777 
Parole, Willet. C. Sign, Stark. 

Magor Heart [Hait] ") 

BD Maj? Piatt [• Officers of the Day 

Adj 4 . Rogers ) 

Pursuent to orders Rec<? from general Washington the Train of 
Artillery at this Post and their Dependant are Directed to make 
Returns Weekly to general Putnam that he may Be able to make a 
general Return to General Washington of the Artillery at this Post 
upon the Present Prospect it is Probable the Troops will Remain 
hear Some time the Commanding officer of Each Reg* are Di- 
rected to Cause an aker of ground to be fixed for Turnups 

the Seed the general has Sent after and will be hear Soon — 
which Turnips will be for the use of the respective regiments. 

A Detachment of 500 men Properly officered to Perade tomorrow 
morning by the main Guard at five o'clock under the Command of 
Colo Swift * and Lt Colo Mead and then and their to Receave their 
orders to have two Days Provisions Cooked &c Regimental, orders 
Peekskill August 25* 1777 those men that have not taken the oath 
of Fidelity to the States are to be Sworn tomorrow at 10 oclock 
officers Commanding Companies will make a list of the Men that 
have not taken the oath to Deliver to the Judg advocate Who is to 
Sware them 

* Piatt says Webb. 



ORDERLY BOOK. 63 



Head Q? August y? 26™ 1777 
Lt Colo Russell -\ 

BD Majr Alden [• officers of the Day &c 

Adj 1 . Rogers* J 

Strayed from Gen 1 . Putnam's Stable a small brown Horse, about 
14 hands high, Star in his forehead, snip Nose, trots & Canters well, 
has a Bunch on one hind leg just above the Hoof ; any person find- 
ing him is to return him to Head Quarters & shall receive Six Dol- 
lars reward & all necessary Charges paid. 

Thomas Sales [Yates] Esqr is Apointed Ad C to Magor Gen Put- 
nam and is to be obayd and Respected acordingly the officer of 
the Prevost guard from time to time are to take Care that the Bar- 
rocks at No 2 are kept Clean 

a number of Blanks for Regimental Returns are at head Q? 5 Redy 
for the use of the Regiments 



Head Q? s Aug? 27™ 1777 
Parole, Varnum. C. Sign, -Angel. 

Magor Johnson ~\ 

BD Maj? Box > officers of the Day 

Adjt Marvin 3 

Lately strayed from Gen! McDougall's Encampment a large dark 
sorrel Mare, well built, no brand, or Mark, trots well, has two Quirls 
in her forehead, is four years old — Whoever shall take up & return 
s<? Mare to David Lauret Jun^ in Col? Chandler's Reg* shall receive 
5 Dollars Reward from said Lauret. 

General McDougles f Brigade has Leave to Discharge their Pieces 
this Evening under the inspection of their officers 



Head Quarters AugT 28™ 1777 
Parole, Plymouth. C. Sign, Salem. 

Magor Sedgwick 
BD Magor Humphris \ Officers of the Day 



\ 



Adjt Waterman 

* Piatt says Rice. f Piatt says Varnum's. 



64 ORDERLY BOOK. 

To be sold to morrow morning at 8 o'clock at the House of Cap 1 . 
William Drake at public Vendue five Oxen, seven Cows & seven 
Horses which were taken from the Enemy by Major Blagden's light 
Dragoons, near Fort Independant on Fryday last. 

Major Blagden's light Dragoons have liberty to fire their Pieces 
this Evening at Retreat Beating under the Direction of their Officers. 



Head Quarters Aug? 29™ 1777 
Parole, Davenport. C. Sign, Eno. 

Colo Durkey ~\ 

BD Magor Piatt >■ officers of the Day 

Ad J 1 . Converce J 

a genl Court marshel is apointed to Set tomorow morn at 9 oclock 

at the Widow Warrens Colo Angel President 

2 Capts and 2 Subalterns from Genl McDougalls Brigade. 

1 " 2 ' " " Varnum's " 

1 " 2 " " Parson's " 

1 " 1 " " Huntington's " 

Gen 1 . Varnams Brigade Excused from Duty tomorow for Brigade 

Exercise & Scurmishes by firing Field peacs and Plattoons and 

Each of the other Regiments will have the Same Indulgence in 

their Turns 

Head Quarters Aug? 30™ 1777 
Parole, Green. C. Sign, Yates. 

U. Colo Levingston ~\ 

BD Mag? Alden >■ officers of the Day 

Adj*. Johnson J 

Colo C Webbs Reg 1 , to furnish v? Gen 1 . Guard tomorrow 



Head Quarters AugT 3i s J 1777 
Parole, Norwalk. C. Sign, Stratford. 

Magor Th[a]yer ~\ 

BD Majr Box >■ officers of the Day 

Adj*. Marshel * ) 

* Rogers, Piatt. 



ORDERLY BOOK. 



65 



Major Ward is apointed a member of the --Court marshel that is 
to Set tomorrow in the Room of one of the Captains in General 
Varnams \_McDougaWs~\ Brigade 

Taken up a stray & bro't to Head Quarters : a brown or bay 
Horse, about 14 Hands high, four years old, a large Starr in his 
Forehead, white on his Nose, both hind Feet white, some white on 
his Forefeet above his hoofs, trots & canters. 

Any Person that can evince his Title to him, may [have] him. 



Head Quarters September y? i 1777 
Parole, Maryland. C. Sign, Baltimore. 

[ajor Huntington ~\ 

BD Maj* Humphris >■ officers of the Day 

Acfy. Royce 3 

the Quarter masters of the Several Reg*: 3 are ordered to Carry in 
their Bill for Back Rations to the Comisary to the first of Septem- 
ber Inclusively that they may be alowed & Settled According to 
their former Establishment 



Head Quarters Septr 2 1777 
C. Sign, France. 



officers of the Day 



Parole, Fra7iklin. 
Lt Colo Printice 
BD Magor Pktt 
Adjt Marvin \ ) 

the time for Mustering y? Troops in this Department is again 
arived the Commanding officers of Comys of artillery Light Drag- 
goons foot & Artificers will Emediately Prepare their Muster Roles 
to the first of Sep^agreeable to the Usal form & as the honourable 
Continental Congress Will Dispence with only three Roles for the 
future it is Expected that all 3 will Be acutely Drawn and Produced 
upon the Perade at Yhe time of Mustering Compleetly finished no 
Excuse Will be taken for any Defetiances in the Roles Such offi- 
cers as have not Reed iheir Muster Roles of the Last muster are 



66 



ORDERLY BOOK. 



Directed to Send to the muster master at Colo Sam 1 . B Webbs * for 
the Same 

i Cap* 2 Subs 3 Sarj^ 3 Cor 1 & 50 Privates to Perade to Morrow 
with Tools Proper for mending the highway between kings fery and 
Peekskill the Duputy Q* Master will See them Properly furnished 
with Tools 

Colo Webbs Reg* to furnish the gen 1 guard tomorw 



Head QrT s Sept 3? 1777 
C. Sign, Chester. 



Officers of the Day. 



Parole, Philadelphia. 
L\ Col? Cumstock 
B Major [Roger] Alden 
Adjt [Henry] Ten Eyck J 

the Price of Cyder this year made in Camp Shall be 64 York morey 
or 44 Lawfull P* Quart and no more and Every Parson who Saall 
give or Receive more for Cyder than the Price aforesaid ShaK for 
the first offense forfit the Same given or Re? d for S4 Cyder ard for 
y« Second offence Shall Be punished at the Descretion of a Court 
Martial 

General McDougle Brigade is Excused from Duty tomorrow for 
Brigade Exercise Scurmishing and Firing Field Peaces and Plattoons 
those Soldiers that have Inlisted from the Melitia are Emediately to 
Join the army the Season Being advanced and the Days Shortned 
the time for Releaving guards in fut[ure] is to Be at 8 oclock in the 
Morning and the Gen 1 , orders that the Troops Exercise from Revalle 
Beeting till 8 oclock and from 10 till 12 oclock & from 2 to 3 [5] 
oclock in y e afternoon 

at a general Court marshel held at fourt muntgurrery by order of 
general Putnam on the 29 of August 1777 Colo Diboice President 
Capt Lee Garner [Capt. Lt. Gano] of Colo Lambs Reg* of Artillery 
was try[d] upon a Charge of Insulting [assaulting] Lt Colo Clory 
[McCloughry] by Confineing his Waiter and /or taking \_making 
use of] his own Property the Court upon Mild [maturely] Concide- 
ration of the Eviden[] Against Capt Lee gamer Do Judg him not 
guilty of the Charge Cap* Thomas Betts ai asistant Deputy Q* 

* Piatt says Col? Saml Drake. 



ORDERL Y BOOK, 67 



Master Genr! was tryd on a Charge of greatly [grossly] Abtiseing 
Cap* Gooding [Godwin] by [of] Neglecting his Duty and Expose- 
ing his Property and the Property of the united States to the In- 
clemency of the wet [her] and for Publickly Expressing him Self in 
a maner unbecoming a man in his Place in the Continental Service 
and a friend to Liberty the Court upon Marsh [maturely] Consid- 
ering the Evidence Judg Capt Betts to be greatly guilty of grossly 
Abuseing Capt Gooding of Neglecting his Duty and Expressing him 
Self unbecoming an officer in the Continental Service and a friend 
to the Cause of Liberty and that he Be therefore Discharged from 
y? army the general Aprov[s] the Preceading Judgments of the 
Court marshel afores^ and orders Capt Thomas Betts Deputy Q* 
Master Genr 1 . to Quit the Continental army and that Capt Garner 
Be Discharged from his Arest 

Strayed from the Pasture of Cap* Wm. Drake a yoke of Oxen, 
one a brindle bug Horned ox with a white tail — the other a black 
ox with a large white Spot under his Throat about Midling size — the 
Brindle ox the largest. Any Person who will return s<? Oxen or give 
Information of them to s4 Capt. Wm. Drake shall be generously re- 
warded. 

Stolen in the Evening of the 1st Instant out of the Holsters on 
the Horse, a pair of very genteel Pistols, brass mounted, black Wal- 
nut or Mahogany Stocks. A Hook in one to hang to the Belt more 
than midling in Length, which pistols belonged to Col? Eno. Any 
Person that will return said Pistols to Col? Eno or Head Quarters 
shall receive 5 Dollars Reward & no Questions asked — & the Troops 
in this Department on discovering the aforesaid Pistols are to seize 
& send them [to] Head Quarters. 



Headq^s Sep t . r 4™ 1777 
Parole, Wentham. C. Sign, Mendam. 

Major Holdridg ~\ 

B D Mag 5 ; Box I officers of the Day 

Adj* Waterman J 

No Parson is to take orders at Hedq* But Brigade Magors Adj * s 
and Comisiond officers. General Putnam Perceiving that the orders 



68 ORDERL Y BOOK. 



^/"his Exelency Gen! Washington granting to Scouting Partys as a 
reward to there Extreordnery Fatigue & hard Ship & Dangers : the 
Plunder taken from the Enemy to Be Devided for their Benefit 
through unacquaintedness of those orders or some other Causes : 
has not Rightly Ben Attended to the Intention of those orders are 
not that any of the men (our own) or Enemys Stores Disarted (dis- 
covered) at any evacuated Post be considered the Property of those 
who first marched in, or that any public Hous discovered by Scouting 
Partys are to be Apropriated to them unless they find the Enemy in 
actual Persesian of them and Disposed (dispossess) them throff all 
Plunder taken under Such Surcomstances as by S<? orders is to 
Divided amongst the Corps (captors) ither by Contenen Troops or 
Melitia it is to be Disposed of (reported) by the Commanding 
officer of the Party to y? General or Commanding officer at s<? Post 
Who is to Cause all Provision and Millitery Stores to be Aprised By 
the Comisary or Qr Master Gen 1 , for use of the army and the Value 
thereof to be Paid to S4 Party and Such Articles as are not nesisary 
for the Use of the army are to be Sold at Publick Vendue under the 
Direction of the Quarter Master Gen! or his Deputy for the Benefit 
of the Captures (captors) S4 Plunder to be Advertised in general 
orders 3 Days Before the Sail & A Perticuler Description of the 
thing taken and Perscribed (preserved) by the Q^ Master General 
or his Deputy that Any Parson Claiming Write to S<* Plunder may 
have oppertunity to Evince the Same. 



Head Qr^ s Septr 5™ 1777 
Parole, Sweden. C. Sign, Denmark. 

Lt Colo Shearman ~\ 

B D Magor Humphris >■ officers of the Day 

Adjt Holding ) 

Persuant to a Requestation of Governor Trumble the Command 
officers of the Respective Battallions Raised in the State of Connec- 
ticut to Serve in the Continental army Are ordered Emediately to 
Cause Compleet Returns to be made of their noncomisioned officers 
& Soldiers Inlisted or Detached to Serve in the 9 and half Battaln 
ordered to be Raised in that State Containing their Ranks & Names 



ORDERLY BOOK. 69 

& Names of the town in which they belong the time their Inlistment 
or Being Detached and the term of time for Which they are in- 
gaged With a Perticuler account of those who have Disarted and 
[or~] have not joined : also those who are hired for 3 years or Dur- 
ing the War According to the Recomendation of Congress and by 
Whom they were hired to be Sent to Governer Trumble that the 
Cause of the Defetiancy of those Battallions may Be found out and 
Steps taken to fill them Up 

the gen 1 , is Suprised to find the orders of y? 16 of August Last 
Respecting the Melitia and 8 months men Inlisting into the Conti- 
nental army for 3 years or During the war are Misstaken & 
Missaplyd the genr 1 had No Idea or intention that any in the Con- 
tinental Service Should or Could Be excused or Released on Such 
Inlibtments Nor that the Regulations of Congress Respecting two 
men hiring one to Be Ingaged in the Continental Service for 3 years 
or During the war Could be Extended to those who are allredy In- 
gagd in Service of {for) the war (or) for any shorter time to Excuse 
them till the Expiration of their service and all officers are hearby 
notifyd to take Care at their Peril Not to Prevart those Regulations 
of Congress and Perticuler States whare (and) the generals orders 
given out. 

all Calculated for the Biseness (benefit) and advancement of the 
army to the Detriment of the Army and the Diminution of its uum- 
bers by Excuseing Any who are Actually engaged or Inlisting others 
and all those soldiers Who have ben Excused and others Inlisting 
are ordered Emediately to Join their Respective Reg 1 , and Both 
they and those and they that have newly Inlisted to Be holden till 
the Genr 1 . See fit to order otherwise. 

at a general Court marshel held at Peekskill By order of General 
Putnam Sept y*r 4* 1777 James Duggins [Duggan] of Colo Charles 
Webbs Regt was tryed for fireing his gun at a party of fatigue men 
as they was Coming from Work and uncaping another Cartradg to 
fire again are found Guilty of the Charge But are of Appinan that 
the Prisoner Ment to fire at one Barns Who had thretned to kill his 
wife the Court therfore Sentance the Prisoner to set upon the gallos 
half an hour with A halter Round his neck and then to receave 50 
Lashes on his naked Back at the gallos the gener 1 aproves the Sen- 
tance and orders it to be Put in Execution tomorrow at 9 oclock at 
which time and Place General Parsons BD is ordered to attend 



70 ORDERLY BOOK. 



at a genrl Court marshel held at Peekskill Sep*. 2 1777 Colo Angel 
President Serg* John Dunbar Serg* W™ Pack Park Sarj*. Aaron Buck 
Sarjt John Peterson Paterson Sarj*. Newel Sabin [Noel Tabor] Sarg 1 . 
Josiah [Joseph] Brown & Francis Baptist W™ Hardin Asa Luis 
[Lewis] Corpl. John Goold Gideon Cary W™ Lane W* 1 Davis 
Drumer[s] all of Colo Greens Reg 1 , was tryd for Raising a mutiny 
and on Tryal the Court is of apinan that the Prisoners are not guilty 
of the Crime of Raiseing a muteny But that they are guilty of be- 
having in a Disorderly maner the Court therefore orders that the six 
Sargts be Suspended During the Pleasure of the Colo[s] or Com- 
manding officer[s] of the Regt* to which they belong they further 
order that the others of the above Prisoners be Repremanded at the 
Head of their Regiments by the Col , or the Commanding officer of 
the Reg* all Exept Cor 1 . John Brown* and he is Aquited Henery 
Foresides| of Cap 1 . Flaggs Company Colo Greens Regt Tryd for 
Disarting his Reg* and Inlesting again into Colo Webbs Regt the 
Court on Consideration of the Prisoners Crime and his Bad Con- 
duct {character) Sentance him to Receave 100 Lashes on the naked 
Back and then to Be Sent on bourd the Continental guard Ship of 
war there to Be kept to hard Sarvice During the war John Flitcher 
(Fly) of Cap 1 . Barnards Corny Colo Wyllys Regt was Tryed for Di- 
sartion & found Guilty and Sentanced to Receave 100 Lashes on his 
Naked back the gen 1 Aprooves of the Proceadings and and Judg- 
ment of the Court marshel above s<? and orders them to be Put in 
Execution at 9 oclock tomorrow morning W™ Taylor Provost Mas- 
ter {martial) was tryd for Disobaying gen 1 , orders in Riding the 
Wagon horses belonging to the army the Court is of Appinian that 
the Prisoner is guilty of a breech of general orders But not know- 
ingly & willingly {wilfully) Do Aquit him from further Punishment 
the gen 1 aprovs of the Judgment and orders s<? ( William) Taylor to 
Be Releasd from his Confinement 

at a gen 1 Court marshel held a Peekskill Sep^ 5 1777 Colo Angel 
Prsd Samuel Sturdavent % was Tryd for Inlisting into Cap 4 . Grangers 
ComY Colo Charles Webbs Reg 1 , after he had Inlisted in Colo Swifts 



* Piatt says it was John Gold who was acquitted. 

f Forsy. 

t Hardwant. 



ORDERLY BOOK. 71 



Reg 4 , after he had Reed the Bounty the Court being Convinced of 
his Villiany and that he Deserves an Examplery Punishment Sen- 
tance him to Recv 100 Lashes on his Naked Back to be Inflicted on 
three Differant Days and then to be sent on bord one of the Conti- 
nental Guard Ships there to be kept to hard Labour During the 
Present war the Gen 1 , aproves of the Judgment By whiping him 34 
Lashes tomorow morn at 9 oclock 33 next Morning & ^^ on Mun- 
day morning the general Court martial whare of Colo Angel was 
President is Desolved 



Head Qrts Sep? 6™ 1777 
Parole, Christeen. C. Sign, Elk. 

Colo Angel ~\ 

BD M* Alden * (■ officers of the Day 

adjt Converce ) 

the general observing some Inconvenianceys {indiscretion) in 
granting Furloughs to the Determent of the army orders that for the 
future No Furloughs Be granted to any of the Troops in this De- 
partment Exept by a general officer the Commanding officers of 
the Respective Reg 1 , are Directed to make Returns of all the De- 
sarters from the British army in their Respective Reg 1 , and Cause 
them to apear tomorrow morning on the grand Perade 



Regimental orders Peekskill SepT 7™ 1777 
the Regiment is to move tomorrow at 2 oclock on to the ground 
Whare Colo Swifts Reg 4 , formerly Incamped the orderly sarjts are 
ordered to Perade the Sick Every morn before Doct Colmans tent 
at the time he shall apoint 



Head Q r . ts Sept 7™ 1777 
Parole, President. C. Sign, Hancock. 



} 



Colo Charles Webb 

BD Maj' Alden £- officers of the Day 

adjt Johnson ) 

* Piatt says the Brigade Major was Piatt. 



72 ORDERLY BOOK. 



the Deputy Paymaster Gen 1 , has Rec<? a form for General and Com- 
pany Pay abstracts he Directs the Regimental Paymasters to Call 
at his office for Copies a Sarjt and 12 men are ordered as a guard 
over the Store at Peekskill to go on tomorrow morning the orders of 
yesterday Respecting those that Disarted from the British army are 
not fully understood the general orders the Commanding officers 
of the Respective Regts to Cause their Capts to Examin their Com- 
panis and Report the number of British soldiers theirin and Cause 
them to apear on the Perade tomorrow morning at 8 oclock in order 
for their being Inlisted and Embodyed into one Regt agreeable to 
the orders of his Exclency general Washington that they may have 
an oppertunity to Distinguish them selves pursuant to the noble spirit 
they have discovered by coming over to us. 



Head Q t . rs SepT 8T h 1777 
Magor Ward "\ 

B D Maj? Humphris > officers of the Day. 

Adj*. Rogers J 



Hed Q* SepT 9™ 1777 
Parole, McDougall. C. Sign, Greene. 

Colo Swift \ 

B D Maj' Box V officers of the Day. 

Adj 1 . Rogers J 

The troops in the Several Brigades in this Department are ordered 
to Perade on the hill whare the gallous Stands at 9 o'clock to attend 
the Execution of Amos Rose and Samuel [Lemuel] Ackerley the 
Troops in the Several Brigades are to Be Mustered Sucsessively in 
there order viz general McDougles BD to morrow at 2 oclock after- 
noon General Parsons on Wednesday at 2 o'clock afternoon Gen 1 
Huntingtons on Fryday 2 oclock afternoon to Be Sold at Publick 
Vendue on Friday next on the grand Perade 2 1 Cows and one Calf 
and Six horses taken from y? Enemy by Colo Denmon [Dimond] the 
Vendue to begin at 10 oclock in morning 



ORDERLY BOOK. 73 



Division Orders. 

As Gen 1 . Huntington's Brigade is near Commissary Else, it will 
furnish him with four men every Day, if they should be wanted to 
assist him in the store and to cover the offal — and they will be al- 
lowed for those men in Detail of the Division. 

Gen 1 Huntington will cause the Gen 1 Orders respecting the sutlers 
to be executed in the Neighborhood of his Camp — the Landing at 
Peekskill will require attention. 



Head Q* s SepT y^ ioT h 1777 
Parole, Bradley. C. Sign, Chandler. 

Colo Bradley ~\ 

BD Majr Plat [• officer of the Day 

Adj 4 . Marven J 

the Commanding officers of the Regts are to Cause Emediatly A 
Return to be made to the gen 1 of all those who have Disarted from 
the British Troops or Navy Since the Battle at Lexington and had 
never Ben in the Service of the united States Before they Disarted 
from the British army or navy who have Inlisted with Cap 1 , fallon 
from their Raspective Reg 1 . 5 in order that the Continental Bounty 
they have Red [received] may be Paid Back into the hands of 
William Bedlow Eng? Deputy Paymaster gen 1 in this Department 
Who is to Lodg his Receit with the Paymaster gen 1 * no Soldier 
who has Inlisted with Cap 1 ; Fallon and has Cloths Suffitiant to Cover 
him til they get (to) Philadelphia without their Regimental Coats 
are to take their Coats with them those that have not are to take 
them the Sevear Season of the year is aproaching upon us and 
Many of the Troops ar Distitute & Stockens and other nesesary 
Cloathing which to suply one Commisiond officer of a Company is 
ordrd to go Emediatly heme to Recrute and Procure those articles 
for their Companies and Return to Camp by the first of October 
next the Paymasters of the several Reg- 5 are ordered to Pay those 
men who have Inlisted with Capt Fallon from their Respective Reg 1 , 
to the time of their Inlisting with Capt Fallon or to give Proper 
Cartiycates for their wages Due and that Same has not been Paid 
Before they Marched from hear 

* Piatt says " with the Gen\ " 



74 ORDERLY BOOK. 



Head QrT s SepT r y? ii th 1777 
Parole, Orofioko. C. Sign, ^»w. 

Colo [John] Chandler A 

BD Majr [Roger] Alden ' officers of the Day 

Adjt [Henry] Ten Eyck ) 



Head QrT s Sept? 12™ 1777 
Parole, Liberty. C. Sign, Property. 

Lt Colo [Josiah] Starr ~\ 

Brd Magor Box t officers of the Day 

Adjt Waterman 3 

the Reason of some Regiments being ordered to the northward 
from the Brigades here and for Some other Reasons A New Arag- 
ment is becom Nesery the Genrl orders therefore that the Regiments 
of Colo Durkeeys Chandlers and Bradleys form one Brigade and be 
Commanded by General McDougle and that the Regts of Colo Green 
Angel and Sherbourn form one Brigade and be Commanded by Colo 
[Genl] Varnam and that the Regiments of Col Charles Webb Wyllys 
& Samuel B Webb & Demmon [Dimond] form one Brigade and Be 
Commanded by BD General Parsons and that the Regts of Lt Colo 
Prentice & Colo Swift form one BD and be Commanded by BD 
Genrl Huntington 



Head Q* 13 Sept? 1777 
Majr Hait ~\ 

BD 1 ? 1 " Scott * £ officers of the Day 

Adjt Selden ) 

The Gen 1 , orders the following Resolutions of Congress to be pub- 
lish d in orders, viz 4 . : 

In Congress, Sept. 6th 1777 
the Committee and Treasurer (on the Treasury) having taken into Considera- 
tion the Letter from General Gates of the 28th of August as Neeting {respect- 
ing) Cloathing for the army under his Command aforded {referred) to them 
by the Congreass Reports that it appears from the Cloathier Genrl Report that 
he has ordered Considerable Suplys of Cloathing to be forwarded to the army 
in the Northern Department from Boston and he has Little Doubt of being 

* Piatt says Major Sedgwick and B. Major Piatt. 



ORDERLY BOOK. 7S 

able to in the Cource of 3 years {the year) to furnish the {specific) Articles of 
Cloathing Directed to be given as a Bounty to the Troops and as it will Be 
Equilly Disadvantagus to the Soldier as to the Searvice, Should they Receave the 
Money in Stead of Such Cloathing, the Bourd Disaproves of Stopages Made by 
the Deputy Paymaster General in the northern Department out of the Pay of the 
Troops in that Department on account of the Cloathing and Directs that the 
money Be Returned Exept in Case whare a Regt has Ben furnished with more 
Cloathing then their Bounty and that the greatest Care aught to Be taken to 
Doe Justice to the Soldiers as well as the Publick in this Asential Point it is the 
appinan of this Bourd it is not Suffitiant that the Clother Genrl Charge the Regi- 
ment with the articles Delivered and taken {takes) the receipt of the Colo r 
Commanding officer and that the Colo or Commanding officer on Delivering the 
Cloathing to the Captains or Comnding officers of Each Company takes his Rects 
Every Commanding officer of A Company aught moreover Strictly to be Required 
to keep A Cloathing Account with his Company Distinguishing the Several Arti- 
cles Deld to Each Non Commisiond officer and Soldier and take Rects for the 
Same as his Vouchers and when Each Non Comsd officer & Solder Respectively 
Shall have Reed his Bounty of Cloathing ye Comisd {commanding) officer of the 
Company to wheh he belongs Shall Deliver the Account to & Rects to the Com- 
manding officer of the Regt to Enable him to settle the Cloathing Account with 
the Clothier Genr\ as well as to Descover Whether Equil Justice has Ben Done 
to the Companies that Such Troops as have not Ben furnished with Clothing 
Aught to Be furnished with their Whole Bounty without Delay Which the Bourd 
have Earnestly Recommended to the Attention of the Cloather Genrl and he on 
his Part has Ingaged to Exeart Every means in his Power to Accomplish ( That) 
Such of the Troops as have on their own Expence Provided any of those Articles 
of Cloathing alowed as a bounty or Shall Not have Drawn their Cloathing in 
the Cource of the year Shall be Intitled to Receave the full Value thereof at the 
Everage Price which the Clothing Shall Cost the Publick & Whereas when the 
Bounty of Clothing was Provided by Congress it was Conceived that it Might be 
Impractable to obtain A Suffitiant Quantity of cloath for Regimental Coats for the 
Troops and for that Reason two hunting Shirts were Substituted but in the Event 
So Considerable a Suply has ben Provided that Clother Genrl has Ben Enabed 
to furnish more of the Troops with Regimental Coats and with hunting Shirts & 
Experience having Shewn that a further alteration of the articles of Cloathing as 
a Bounty may be made to the Advantage of the Soldiers & without Loss to the 
Publick therefore it is the apinan of the Committee that it Be Resolved that the 
Clothier genrl Be Directed to as far as he Shall have it in his Power to furnish 
all Non Comsd officers and Soldiers in the Service of the United States who have 
not Reed their Bounty of Cloathing at their Election Either with the Several 
Articles Allowed by Congress in the Resolution of the 8th of October^ 777 (1776) 
or in Lue thereof the following articles Viz 

1 Regtl Coat at 8 Dollars & 60 Ninths [ninetieths] 

1 Jacket with {out) Sleaves at 2 Dollars & 60 Ninths 



First Cost 

" Estimated at 

s6 Dollars 



76 ORDERLY BOOK. 

1 P r Buckskin &° 2 Pr of W or Linnen Breeches 8 Dollars 

1 hat or Leathern Cap at 2 Dollars & 60 Do 

2 Shirts 8 Do 
1 Pair overhalls 6 Do 

1 hunting Shirt 4 Do 

2 Pair Stockens 4 Do 
2 Pair Shoes 6 Do 
1 Blanket at 6 Do J 

But as the Cost of the Articles Last Specifyd exceeds that of the cloathing al- 
lowed as a Bounty for the troops by 8 Dollars and & 30 Ninetieths of a Dollar So 
much Shall be Stoped out of the Pay of Every Non Comsd officer and Soldier 
who Shall Be Suplyed in the manner Last Directed as will make the amount of 
Cloathing they Shall Receave Equil to the Valley (value} of the Bounty of Cloth- 
ing which Upon an Everidg of the Price of the Several articles is Estimated at 
47 Dollars & 60 Nintiths of a Dollar the sd Report Being twice Read on the 
Questian put Resolved that Congress Agree to the foregoing Report & Resolves 
By order of Congress Septr 6th 1777 

John Hancock Presd * 

Head Qt s Sept? 18™ 1777 
all disarters and Prisoners are to be Sent to hed Qr s . for Exami- 
nation whenever Scouts are Sent out Notice is to be given, they 
are to be under the officer of the Day the officer of the Day is to 
visit all guards & Piquits by Day and Night and make Returns 
Patroles are to be kept out & Sentinals advanced in the frunt of the 
Incampment & allso be under the Direction of the Day the whole 
army is to keep 2 Days Provision by them Constantly and be Every 
way Equipt for Action A Return of the State of the Respective 
Reg l . s to be made 

White Planes Head Qt s Sep™ 21 : 1777 
officer of the Day tomorrow Colo Ludenton the Same No to go 
on Piquit to night as Last Night & one the Same roads great Care 
to be taken not to Put any on this Piquit But Such in whose Fidelity 
the greatest Confidence May Be Placed Colo Ludington & Magor 
Gray will guard the Same Roads as Yesterday 
Patroleing Partys are Constently to be kept up 
A Detachment from the whole lines to Consist of 1 Colo 1 Lt 

* With the entry of this day's orders the record of Piatt ends, as he was or- 
dered to the main army. 



ORDERLY BOOK. 77 



Colo 1 Magor 6 Cap 4 . 18 Sub 4 . 5 24 SarjV 5 6 Musitioners and 100 Rank 
& File to Perade tomorrow morning at 9 oclock in the frunt of the 
Incampment With two Days Provision officers of this Detachment 
Colo Charles Webb Lt Colo Butler Maj' Huntington 



Regimental orders 
the Cap* 55 of the Several Companies in this Battallian are forth- 
with to make returns of the Non Corns*? officers & Soldiers taken 
with Capt Parsons with their Names & the Names of those Disarted 
& the time when also the Names of those Deed and the time when 
Died Porter Walbridge is Apointed Fife Maj* & is to be obayd 
accordingly 

REGIMENTALORDERS 22f SepT r 

the Reg* to Perade y s . afternoon at 1 oClock at which time the 
arms & amumtion is to be Examined no officers or Solder is to be 
out of Camp on any account But to be redy to march on the Short- 
est notice the roasters to Perade with the Reg* at y« above men- 
tiond time 



White planes Sept? : 2 2 Head Qt s 
the out Piquit to Consist of 50 men only great Care is to be 
taken that the Troops are kept in Constant Rediness to march with 
2 Days Provision which is to be Constantly on hand 

the Paroles are to be Constently kept up as the Safty of the Camp 
much Depends on it the guards & Piquits are to be kept up also 
Maj r . Gray & Colo Ludington as has Ben kept Before 
officer of the Day Lt Colo Shearman 



Head Q r . ts y* 23*° Sep™ White plans 
the advanced Piquit to be the Same as yesterday till further orders 
frequent Complants having Ben made of Plundering the Inhabitent 
Robing gardings &c the Genrl in the most Positive terms forbids 
any practice of this sort we aught to Consider the Inhabitence al- 
ready too much Distressd & that we Come for their Protection & 
not for their Distruction Small Scouts are to be kept out on Mild 



78 ORDERLY BOOK. 



Square & towards Stephen 'wards Patrooling towards y? Enemy to 
Perade at 9 oclock in the morning 2 Sarj l . s & 18 men they are to 
Return in the Evening & the Ranging Companies their amunition to 
be Made tomorrow morning to the officer of the Day 



Head QrT s SepT r i9 T . H 1777 White planes 

C S S C DF 
A Detachment of 2 3 4 4 o and 80 men Likewise 1 Field offi- 
cer to Perade at four oclock and advance on toward Stephen Wards 
& Mild Square and Patroole as Last night Colo Ludington to fur- 
nish guards and patroles from the Camp to the North River Maj* 
Gray to Send a guard and patrole on the road between Stephen 
Wards and the North River on the Aproach of the Enemy 3 Canon 
will Be fired in the frunt of the Incampment on which the Tents are 
to be Struck and all the Bagage Loaded the Troops to be prepared 
at their Several Posts as ordered 



Head Q r . ts at White planes SepT r 20™ 1777 
the Troops are all to Perade at their Incampments at 10 oClock 
tomorrow morning all Reg*, and Companies to apeare at their sev- 
eral alarm posts at Revalee beeting their Posts will Be asined them 
by the Commanding officers of Reg 1 ; 3 Scouts are to be Carefull to 
make Returns on their Return 

C Subs Sarjts 
A Detachment of one Field officer 2 3 5 and 90 men 
Rank & File from Colo Wyllyses Colo Webb & Colo Samuel B 
W T ebbs Regiments are to Perade at 4 oclock this afternoon 

officer of the Day Colo Wyllys the waggons & teems are to Perade 
tomorrow with the Troops a line of Cartrige to Be Placed a Round 
the Incampment on Every Side and Every Person Attempting to 
Enter is to be taken up and Examined Lt Colo Butler to Com- 
mand the Detachment 



Hed Q r . ts at White planes Sept 24™ 1777 
Notwithstanding the orders of yesterday as well as Positive orders 
Against plundering the Inhabitence Some Soldiers in direct opersi- 



ORDERLY BOOK. 79 



tion to orders and Contrary to Rules of humanity did plunder from 
M r . Burts a Calf the only Substance of the Distressd Family y? 
officers of Every Rank & and Soldiers are Calld upon in the Strict- 
est Positive terms to Exrt themselves in Detacting the offenders that 
Justice may be Done to the Ingered Inhabitents and the Camp 
Clensed from the Imputation of Robery and Theft a Party of 105 
men Properly officered to perade at 9 oclock with 2 Days Provision 
Majr Grosvener to Command the Party 

Col ° Butler I officers of the Day 

Adjt Ten Eyck ) 

Regimental orders the Colo is perfectly willing to Indulge Every 
officer in the Reg* as Much as is Consistant with Duty & the good 
of the service but he is perfectly sencable as Every officer of the 
Least Consideration Must be that Every order General and Regi- 
mental must be Punctually attended to and Compiyd with y\ order 
is absolutely asential to be attended to in Camp and what alone 
gives life and Sperit to an army & Could wish he Could be So happy 
as to find that the officers by their Practice would make it Evident 
that they are not Insenceable of it 

he Cannot But Imagin that y<r officers by their Inatention in Di- 
siplining their Corny and keeping up y' order So nesary that they 
Doe not Desire to attend or have no ambition of Exelling by their 
Puntual attendence to Duty and is very Sory that he is under the 
Disagreeable nesesity of Issuing orders to Compell y™ therefor the 
Colo Recomends it to the officers to Examin the genr 1 . and Regi- 
mental orders y* have Ben Issued & Espetially in Exerciseing y. 
men Calling y* Roles &c and faithfully Complying with E™ the Colo 
Expects that the officers Strictly Attend Role Calling & they are re- 
quired to Punish all non Corns'? officers and Soldiers who Do not 
attend to y* Duty 

Enos Fountain is apointed D r . Maj* to Doe Drum Maj^ Duty till 
further orders & is to be obayd accordingly & is to take Perticuler 
Care that the Several Beets beet in Camp are beet in their Proper 
Season Sarj* Lee in Cap'. Hinckleys Corny for his missdemenier is 
orderd to Doe Privates Duty 



So ORDERL Y BOOK. 



Head Q r . ts Sept? 25™ 1777 

Ma]' Huntington | officers of the D 

Adjt. Hunt j J 

the Genrl Directs that the utmost attention be Paid to Prevent 
the Soldiers Strgling from y* Regts that the Roles be Calld three 
times a day at which time Some of the Corns'? officers will attend it 
is Expected that all officers in their Several Ranks will be very at- 
tentive to the Disipline of those under y* Command Every Extre- 
ordinary occurance must be Reported Emediately to the Command- 
ing officer of the Corps in which it happens and by him to the 
genrl A neglect of not Giving Intelligence of Disarters may be 
attended with y e . Most Disagreeable Consequences 



Head Quarters Sep 1 : 11 26™ 1777 
the genrl is happy to Inform y<: officers & Soldiers of the Success 
of our arms in the Northern Department on the 18* Instant Colo 
Brown with his Reg 4 . Attacted a Part of the Enemy at the Landing 
Place Northward of Lake George and in a few minute from Whence 
without Loss of time he Detachd A Party to the Mills between the 
Landing and Tiantarague whare A great Number of the Enemy Was 
Posted who were all made Prisoners a Block house near that Place 
& Mount independence fell into our hands and were in Prosesion 
of y e . old French Lines and had Surrounded the fourt at Tye and 
mount independence which by Later accounts are Surendered on 
the i8l h Capt Brown took 2 Capts 9 Subl ts 2 Commisarys & 262 
non Corns? officers & Soldiers & 18 Artificers 

282 in the whole he took 105 Battoos in Lake Champlane & 50 
above the falls Including 17 Gun Boats and one Armed Sloop 293 
Arms and Retook more than 100 of our Prisoners 

on the 19* genrl Burguin with his whole force Attacted the Left 
wing of Genl Gates Army But were Bravely Repulsed 



Peekskill Head QrT s Oct? y= i 1777 
Colo [Samuel] Wyllys officer of the Day 

the Honourable Generable Asembely of the Stace of Connect- 
icut having ben Pleased to Appoint Return gun Meggs Colo of the 



ORDERLY BOOK. 81 



Reg 1 . Latly Commanded by Colo David Dimon he is orderd to Join 
s<? Reg 1 . Emediatly & is to be obayd & respected accordingly offi- 
cers Commanding Reg 1 . 5 and Cap 1 / 5 are Directed to See the teems 
anexed to their Several Comd 5 are Imployd in Drawing wood for 
their Several Corps to Prevent the burning of fences the Melitia 
at the Barocks who have no Waggons will Aply to the Q r . master 
Gen 1 , for A Suffitiant Suply to Draw their wood 

30 of the Melitia to Perade Every morning till further orders for 
fatigue they will Receave their orders from Cap* Buckingham who 
will be on the Parade & Recv : them y? Black Smiths armourers & 
Carpenters Wheelrites & majours Who are well Acquanted with the 
Business are to Perade at Head Qr l . s tomorrow morning at 7 oclock 



Head QrT s Peekskill Octo* r y? 2™ 1777 

Col ° Webb I officers of the Day 

Adjt Barker ) J 

A Court marshel to Set at Fort M^gumery to try Such Prisoners 
as Shall be Brot before it Colo Lamb President the members genrl 
Clinton will Apoint the Commanding officers will make out y* Re- 
turns of the field & Staff officers & of the Sarj* & Drum & Fife 
Maj? 5 & Qr? Master Sarj^ Agreeable to the form heartofore given by 
the Eldest Capt in making Such Roles the Roles are to be Carti- 
fied on the Back under the Proof of the Effectives By the Com- 
manding officer of the Reg' in the following Manner 

I hearby Certify the above Role to be a true State of the Field 
and Staff officers & of the Sarg? Drum & Fife Maj? & Quarter- 
master Sarj* 

Commanding officers of Companies will take Notice that no Re- 
turn are to be made of the not Joind for the future unless they are 
well asured that such will Cartainly Join in a few Days and Even in 
that Case they not to be Reconed among the affective untill they 
Join their Respective Corps No Injury occurs to them therefor 
when they Join their Corps their time of Inlistment is to be men 
tioned and they will Draw Pay for the whole time genr 1 . Parsons 
BD has Leave to Discharge their Pieces at Retreet beeting 



82 ORDERLY BOOK. 

Peekskill Octo br 2^ d 1777 
Regimental orders Peekskill octo^ r 1777 as the genr! has given 
Promition to the BD to Discharge their Peaces this Evening the 
Colo orders Every Non Coms d officer & Soldier to attend on the 
Peiade at the beeting of the Long Role one half an hour before 
the firing of the Evening gun* 



Head Quarters Oct° r 3 rd 1777 

Lt Colo Butler 1 officers of the Day 

Adjt Hopkins 3 

Six men from the Melitia to Perade Every morning at the Com- 
isarys Store they will Receave their orders from y e . Comisary 



Fishkill Head QT s Octob r 8™ 1777 
the Continental Troops will Incamp on the ground near the Acad- 
ima the Melitia will ocupy the Barocks a Return to be made Emed- 
iately to Head Q* s of the number and Deficiancy of the Troops in 
the Diferant Regts Both of the Continental & Melitia that they may 
be Compleetly Aquipt and fit for Action the Commanding officers 
of RegV 5 are ordered to See that their Several Corps Draw 4 Days 
Provision & have it Cooked Emediately and till further orders to 
have 3 Days Provision by them Redy Cooked that their May be no 
Complaint for want if they Should be Called to March 



Fishkill Octob r y e 9™ 1777 
the genr! is Surprised to hear that any of the Melitia who have 
Come into the army In Defence of their Contry Should be So Lost 
to all Sence of honour and of Regard to our Gen! Safety as to 
Abandon their Posts or to think of Disarting the army in this Criti- 
cal Moment When it is Probable that the fate of amarica is Sus- 
pended on the Exertion of an hour or a Day he Calls on all offi- 
cers & Soldiers of the Melitia to Exert them Selves as they Regard 
them Selves their Contry and the freedum of Millions yet unborn 
Prevent the Progress of the Army Northward which is undoubtedly 
Designd to Releave Genr! Burgoin & the officers are Directed to 



ORDERLY BOOK. 83 



Aprehend Every Parson found Desarting and Return them that they 
may be Punished agreeable to the Martial Law the Genr 1 . orders 
that the Several Regts from BD? Genr 1 . Wolcotts Brigade & Genr 1 . 
Silemans Brigade to form one Brigade Including Colo hookers Regt 
Maj 1 : Grav' 3 Cap 1 . 5 9 Subs 10 Sarg 1 . 5 & 10 Cor ls with Proper Music k 
& 300 Privates to form a Piquit at the lower barocks & to keep out 
Patrooling Partys 

a Piquit of 1 Sub 1 . 1 2 Sarg t5 2 Cor ls & 30 Privates to keep out near 
the Ferry the genr 1 . 8 guard to Consist of; 1 Sub 1 . 1 2 Sarg? 2 Cor ls 
& 20 Privates on the following Roads Viz one one the Rode Lead- 
ing to Newfairfield : on on the Road to Danbury to take up any 
Parson Passing to or from Camp that have not Spetial Leave from a 
genr 1 officer one Serj* 1 Cor 1 & 12 men for Camp guard 1 Serj* 
1 Cor 1 & 12 men for forredg guard the Troops are orderd to have 
3 Days Provision Continually Cooked by them against any Suden 
Imargency D W 



Hed Qr? s Octob* y? 12™ 1777 

Lt Colo Shurman }■ officer of the Day 

the genr 1 Imagins that too Much Cannot be Said to Rouse and 
annimate the Troops to a Sperit of behavior at this Critical Juncture 
takes this oppertunity to Remind that more than a Sentury & half 
ago our fore fathers fled from the Island of great Britan Crostd the 
atlentick to avoid the Cruel Persecution & oppresion of unrelenting 
British Tereny and Sought an assilleam a Place of Security then a 
habitation of wild Beasts and Savages Determined to bare the Fa- 
tigues & Dangers of their Interprises Magnimimity & fortetude in 
order to Procure their own Liberty and to Prepituate a [it] unham- 
pord to us their Posterity for this they Left their Native Cuntry 
Pleasent Places & Rich Prosesions & with United hearts & Eforts 
Endured Hard Ships hunger and Cold Waiting & Coflicting with the 
Numerous Savages & for many years Lived in Continual wars that 
we Might Injoy the Sweets of freedom ; & by the Blessing Heaven 
they Conquered their Enemys & turnd the Wilderness into a fruit- 
full Field and from few in number becom a multitude (great) when 
the Invious Eye of Parsecution Hereditery to Tirents Grew Jellous 
of growing Posterity R.ace and Liberty of the United States of 



84 ORDERL Y BO OK. 

America Began Many years ago to Prepare Chanes for America and 
to Presue us with Intolerable oppresion in their Exorbitant Demands 
upon us from time to time and now at Length have Drawn their 
Swords and Like outdatious Robers thretten to take away our Lives 
unless we will Surender our Libertys and Propertys which By the 
Laws of god & man we have the greatest Right to Injoy the activity 
& Motive is great Disolation & Destruction by fire & Sword makes 
the Progress of their Conquest 

N B the Above orders are Not Half given out the general offi- 
cers are Directed to give Discharges & Furloughs upon Applycation 
in Case of Sickness and for other Reasons as Shall appear Nesarry 



Head QrT s Fishkill October 14™ 1 777 
Colo Newbery ~\ 

BD Maj 1 : Humphris >■ officers of the Day 

Adj* Waterbury J 

a Quantity of Cloathing for the Continental Troops in this De- 
partment are on the way hear and are Dayly Expected ; Command- 
ing officers of the Continental troops are to make Returns of the 
Cloathing they are Still in want of all the Troops at this Post Ex- 
ept Gem 1 . Sillimans Brigad are ordered to Perade tomorrow morn- 
ing at 5 oclock at the Uper Barocks an 3 Days Provisions in order 
to March from hear ; Genr 1 . Sillemans BD to Perade at the Same 
time at the Lower barocks 



October y? i6T h 1777 three Milds above Fishkill 
Upon Receaving the agreeable News from the Northward that 
Genr 1 . Burgeon and his army are all made Prisoners of war the 
genr 1 . Congratulates the troops and orders them to Halt and Remain 
hear untill further orders and Cook Provision & Refresh them Selves 
and make them Selves as Comfortable as Posable holding them 
Selves in Rediness to march Imediatelyon further orders those that 
have no Provision are to Draw and Spetial Care is to be taken by 
the officers that no Injury Be Done to Private Property 



ORDERL Y BO OK. 85 



Fishkill October 25™ 1777 

Colo Webb -\ 

BD Magor Chitington V officers of the Day 

Adj 1 . Hart ) 

the Commanding officers of Continental Troops or Regts are 
again ordered forthwith to make out A Return of the Cloathing 
Re^ d and What is Still wanting in their Respective Regts the Gen- 
eral forbids all Plundering of Private Property Robing Guardens 
burning Rails or fences under the Sevearest Penaltys the officers 
are to take Spetial Care to See that the Troops Strictly Comply with 
those orders and to take up any the See transgress this order 



CampT at Fishkill October y? 26™ 1777 
Regimental orders 
a Regimental Court marshel to Set this Day at 10 oclk to try all 
Such Prisoners as Shall be brought before them all Parsons Con- 
cam d to attend 

CapT Wallbridg President 



North Castle Novemb^ y? 2? 1777 
Regimental orders it is a gem 1 . Complaint among the Inhabi- 
tence a Complaint two Justly founded that the Troops whare Ever 
Incamped Burn their fences and Destroy ther Property by Robing 
their Fields gardens &c a Practice that Every officer in Deed is 
Spetially Bound to Prevent the Lt Colo therefore orders in the 
Most Preamtory terms that no Soldier in future Be guilty of any of 
those Crimes on the Penalty of being Punished with the greatest 
Severity 

Any Soldier found Pulling Down fences Burning Rails Robing of 
Feilds or gardins of the Inhabitence will be Whipt as many Lashes 
as the Commanding officer Shall think for he has Determined on a 
march Never to Call a Court Marshel to try offenders But to Punish 
them as he Shall think most Conveniant to good order and the good 
of the Service and the man found Standing by a fire made of Rails 
will be Deamed Equilly Guilty with him that Stole them and will be 
Punished accordingly the U. Colo Expects that these orders will 



86 ORDERL Y BO OK. 

be Red to the Companis and that they will Punctually Comply with 
the Same which they will Doe if they have any Regard to their own 
Cost and Reputation 

they Need not Expect to have Similar orders Every time we 
Tramp for those are allways to be obayd whether in Camp or on a 
March the men for the future will take Care not to Quit the Ranks 
when on the march or to be without hearing of the Drum if they 
Doe the Marshel Law in its greatest Vigor will be Put in Execution 
the Regt to march tomorrow morning at 7 oclock Every thing to be 
in Redeness 



Camp at King Street Nov? 

Regimental orders 
as it is Leasure of time the Cap* 5 and Commding officers of Com- 
panies will give orders to their men to wash and Clense their Arms 
that they may appear in a Soldier like maner when on the Perade 
a Return to be made to the Lt Colo Similar, to the Weekly Return 
by 12 oclock a Return to Be made of the Clothing Still wanting 
that their may be no Delay of Drawing when the Cloths Come 



Regimental orders Nov™ r i3 T . H 1777 
A Court Martial to Set this Day at 9 oclock to Try all Such Pris- 
oners as Shall Be Brought Before them at a genr 1 . Court Martial 
held at Adjt Ten Eycks Markey By order of Colo Webb octo^ r 27* 
1777 Continued by Several agurnments to Nov 1 ? 17 6* h 1777 at Cap* 
Wallbridges Q» Capt Wallbridge President Lt Shipman Lt Chepman 
Lt Eldridge & Lt Benham membrs* 

* The next entry in this Orderly Book was made after the regiment had joined 
the main army under Washington. 



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